I want to live in New York for a year! Mission impossible?
Im an English lad and I would love to live and work in NYC for a year just to get it out of my system before I get too old to be bothered doing it, however it seems impossible unless your either a brain surgeon and or married to an American lass. I know I can do 3 months holiday visa but I don’t fancy trying to get by in NY without any income for 3 months haha
Im not qualified up to my fringe with PHD’s etc so theres no chance of me getting a genius visa as im sure there’s plenty of US citizens that can do what I can do and some. Also the company I work for does not have any US offices so an internal company transfer is not an option 
Are there any like camps that for some odd reason need Brits to work there? or is there any one year courses that are easy to get onto that anyone knows about?
I kind of already realise that the answers are going to be straight no’s left, right and centre but sod it! Yahoo Answers is my last hope and you know things are getting desperate when you say that 
Maybe you can apply to university?
Some jobs will accept workers from other countries, so maybe you can get a work visa.
Its pretty hard to move from England to America.
Thats a really hard task to longing for.
My nephew from Montreal (Canada) is a surgical doctor, also tried to have a job in New York, all he has got he married a New York resident girl, and both went to Chicago after their wedding to get employment.
Also I know about a polish american woman, just surgeon too, went to work in Chicago, tough she has had a job in New York, but was too overstressed, overworked all the times.
NY hospitals want doctors work hard for less than elsewhere.
If you think NY is good for you; you are right probably if you mean it as a private enterprize.
You need a sponsor (employer) for a work visa – you can’t apply for one on your own.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html
Check with US companies in the UK and UK companies with offices in the USA. For example, Hilton and Marriott hire international staff as interns.
As you already know, UK citizens can visit the USA for up to 90 days as a tourist, so you could travel for interviews & tests if necessary.
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/
http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/business_pleasure/vwp/i94_samples.xml
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/visaservices/?p=129
Search “international exchange programs USA” and there should be many links to programs that offer temporary and seasonal work in the US. Examples are:
http://www.ccusa.com/country.aspx
http://yummyjobs.com/
http://www.bunac.org/uk/workamerica/
Do carefully check any programs you might be interested in as not all of them are a good deal.
Another option is to go to school in the USA. UK citizens can more easily get a US student visa and you MAY be able to work on-campus.
http://www.collegesintheusa.com/
If you decide to go to university in the USA the first step is to identify several schools you might want to attend and make contact with their offices of international students
For example (though not in New York):
http://global.tulane.edu/oiss/
http://oiss.uno.edu/
Note that it is equally or even more difficult for an American to move to the UK.
Good luck!