HI Jay,
Ill try and answer the questions. originally i applied for florida state throught the fccpt. This was the type 1 service which is what foreign pts need. I feel short in general ed after paying the fee.
SO im going to apply for new york state. As far as i can see the fccpt require all the same documents and they then send them to the NYSED to be evaluated also. Basically you have to pay the fccpt a fee and then the NYSED also. The fccpt have a form that you need to post to your uni and ask them to send the transcript, syllabus, certificates etc direct to the fccpt. They will then send them onto the NYSED and they will tell you if you have enough credit to take the npte.
Hope this helps.