I found it to be a really good, fun strategic course, with classic Raynor/Banks design elements. Blind tee shots on the opening 2 holes, a tough Redan on 4, a Short on 6, Road on 11, some fun, short par 4s, and some dire drop offs on several greens. Good green contours. I have played it both as a public and as a private, and used to go regularly. If you got it right with traffic, it was only 30 mins from lower Manhattan. I'm a big fan, and counted ourselves lucky to have it as a public option, and Kemper to take over management of Metro regional.
I have not been back since pre Covid. There were rumors of losing some of the land to development, and I sure hope that does not happen. The other threat was a big reduction in green sizes, notably 4 and 11, which lesson the appeal to cut them into ovals. If they could split the difference on maintaining conditions, that would be great.
I wish it all the best, and I think you'll have a great time.