Love2,
try googling the Salmon River Rig, that is the most commonly used leader on the NY tribs. Be careful if you are fishing the flyzones..the weight regulations were changed.Btw you have approximately 10 miles of open rive to fish if you takeaway the Douglaston Salmon Run which has aquired alil more river in the last couple years,and the hatchery section which is off limits to anglers.The hatchery itself is really cool to tour though if you have time and it is open.
Your other bet is Poly leaders, Rio makes them also they are called Versa Leaders, there are different configurations too, from Trout in various lengths an they go from floating to 7 inch persecond drop rates. Same applies for Airflo Polyleaders. I have become really fond of both products , they are great under certain conditions , there is also a learning curve ,not that hard to figure out though how to use them.