I live just south of albany and about 90 miles north NYC and I wouldn't and don't run there either. If your forced to run long island make sure the broker covers all the tolls because there is going to be a ton of them.
If you do decide to try and get it off to somewhere by donation, I had a load of Melons get rejected in Alabama once and ended up taking it to a low security jail where they had the inmates unload it. Just something for you to look into depending on whatever you decide.
Any food bank would be more than happy to help offload the food products that the receiver rejected. What they don't want, they can discard themselves. God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.! OTR & LTL - over the mountains - through the woods - coast to coast - sea to shining sea The OTR & LTL truck drivers of America are positively the driving force of our economy.