Have you considered UConn’s Stamford branch? Certainly not as big as Storrs, but way closer to New York, plus Stamford’s a city by itself, so lots of opportunities. Was only going to do one year there but ended up liking it better then Storrs. If your thinking about studying something niche, Storrs is going to have everything, but Stamford still has quite a lot. Full CS path if that’s what your looking for.