Spoke with my friend, and I do have one. He again mentioned the 9 - 11 Museum, and Madison Square Garden, he's a NY Ranger fan, but its still an impressive structure. He said Little Italy had the best and cheapest food. Another thing they did was spent a nice day in Central Park. They went to some plays and the best place to get tickets was in Times Square after 3pm for discounts on Broadway showings for that evening.. He said you'd have no problem seeing the place that sells the tickets.
He said going to see the Statue of Liberty took so much time, lots and lots of security checks to get on the boat and onto the island.
Have a good time Dave, couldn't find anything on DoubleTap, his Email address shows, doubletap2005@gmail.com may still work.