It isn't all that bad: yes, you have hills blocking the Empire State Building where you are, but the NYC stations are all in positive noise-margin numbers: you should see all the major NYC stations with the right antenna system.
This is a situation where I would use my deep-fringe prescription: I have posted it before, but I will link it here so you can use it.
http://www.hdtvantennalabs.com/forum...226.html#p4476
sorry for posting from another forum, but I can't seem to find the post here.