First off; It will die before it hits anywhere close to Newyork. The North Atlantic is too cold to house a hurricane, expect a minor storm.
Also; It whipped up waves for me in jacksonville, went surfing out in 8-10 foot seas. It was great, if you take out the occasional rain band that came through, Tomorrow it's going to be a tad smaller, but a hell of a lot better. It's going to be great!
Also:
Remember 2005? Jacksonville got hit by 7 or 8 cat2-3-4 hurricanes within a 2 month span. We lived. ;)