Not Used to New Yorkers... Do not know any...
The point would be to pick somebody very famous -- past or present, real or fictional -- from New York. If, truly, this is your response to that imaginative exercise, then maybe NYU is not for you. Sorry to put it so bluntly. But, you want to go to one of the best schools in the country, a school located in the heart of the nation's most famous metropolis, yet you are so disinterested in the world that you would not want to lunch with even one of the hundreds of famous actors, authors, artists, athletes, politicians, judges, business leaders and -- yes -- economists who are from or have lived in NYC? Or perhaps you are so disinterested in the city and the school that you have not bothered to look up famous New Yorkers (there's a long list on Wikipedia) while thinking about this question? This does not suggest that you are somebody who would make the most of the vibrant opportunities at NYU. Perhaps a smaller, suburban, less competitive school would be better for you.