The requirement,registration fee and all the other details for taking 2008 NY bar are clearly listed on: http://www.ncbex.org/fileadmin/mediafil ... pGuide.pdf
And for the preparation ( the cram school), I will say "Barbri" is the No.1 choice you will consider, even T20 JD graduates go to Barbri.And I 've read some materials of Barbri ( in Penn State though ) , which are SUPER helpful for anyone who wanna take the bar and don't have too much time to prepare. And for California LLM/JD students, some will choose "BluePrint" . The website of Barbri is as fellows: http://www.barbri.com/app.aspx?cmd=go_home
Hope it helps . Ciao !