I've asked the same question. and I use lol since I have a nervous tick. lol
But seriously, I am hoping that it is a two part event (much like what HTC did for the EVO LTE) first part for the media and bloggers and the second for us regular folks. But i have yet to see any indication that would be the case here. I figure if they do, then most likely Samsung would send out invites to previous Note 1 owners that live in the NYC area. But like I said, I have yet to see any indication that they are doing that.
The other way to get in would be to get invited by one of the media folks going to the event. A few years ago I got invited along with two others by Rob here at Phandroid to attend an event here in NYC. I got pics somewhere of the event.
anyway, I'm still hoping that Samsung does make it a two parter.
TS