New York airspace can be intimidating, and the controllers are not exactly known for having a slow, patient approach to communicating with incoming traffic. Years ago, I was eavesdropping on one of the many approach/departure frequencies one day as I was skirting underneath the Class B airspace in my V-tail Bonanza. A business jet crew arriving from the north seemed uncertain about the controller's machine-gun-pace directions to follow the Hudson River southbound past Manhattan, then turn left for their arrival at JFK International.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/features/shortfinal/short-final-keeping-it-simple