J1 in New York

DeadMoney

Hi, I am a 22yr old student and have been to the states for the last 2 summers in a row. The first was a J1 where I worked for 2 months and just about scraped by financially. Last year I was out of college so I worked for the year and just went over for the summer on a 90 day holiday visa.
I didnt work as I had enough funds to live off. This year I am hoping to go again and it will probably be a J1 visa as I will have to work to get by. I am hoping to go to New York and I'm just wondering if anybody knows what type of job scene is available for a J1 visa. I would prefer not to do any hard laboring if possible. Also, how much would you bring to New York to get by for the time you are looking for a job incl. rent deposit etc. I am hoping to live in Brooklyn.
Any advice is appreciated,
Thanks.

frankiebaby

did the nyc thing last year, we found you had to pay a deposit + month in advance, lived in queens, bout 2000 dollars p/m. so 4k up front, thats alot of change! tough to get cheap acc within 30 mins of manhattan. not alot of jobs going either unless u wanna do bar work/waiter. we got lucky and got a job in a hotel as porter/door men. i read in a paper alot of irish had to return home coz they couldnt get jobs. its tough if u dnt have something sorted before u go or a least a few interviews. we got so lucky with everything last summer looking back at it, a columbian woman married to an irish lad gave us a basement apartment for nothing! 160 dollars each for a month coz she was doin it up after us and said she didnt care if there was holes in the walls!!
anyway, try get something sorted b4 u go, i can give u details of the place i was if u want em

dannyman2010

frankiebaby,dont know if ul get this,im 2 years late!!any chance ud still have contacts in NY??headin over in june for da summer as well!