Get your life vests on.

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/hurricane_future.html

"Experts now believe that after Miami and New Orleans, New York City
is considered the third most dangerous major city for the next
hurricane disaster. According to a 1990 study by the US Army Corps of
Engineers, the city has some unique and potentially lethal features.
New York's major bridges such as the Verrazano Narrows and the George
Washington are so high that they would experience hurricane force
winds well before those winds were felt at sea-level locations.
Therefore, these escape routes would have to be closed well before
ground-level bridges (Time, 1998). The two ferry services across the
Long Island Sound would also be shut down 6-12 hours before the storm
surge invaded the waters around Long Island, further decreasing the
potential for evacuation."