New Years in Times Square: New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down

The general steps towards celebrating New Years in Times Square consist of:
1. Don't.
2. Do something else.

But let's say your fiancee specifically has a midnight kiss on New Years as the ball drops on Times Square on her bucket list, firmly and irrevocably; well, you can't exactly let some other guy give her that kiss, now can you!  Plus, she works in the airline industry and so can fly you into JFK for dirt cheap, and it's just churlish to turn you nose up at a deal like that.  In wh...