I did it flying down the Long Island coast (400ft), over the Verrazano narrows bridge, round the statue of liberty, up the Hudson river, then - after brief negotiation with La Guardia, transit across Manhattan overhead Central Park at 1300ft, then overhead La Guardia at the same height before heading back to Farmingdale.
It was fantastic!
I'd rather assumed that post September 11th it wasn't possible any more. Nice to find out I was wrong.