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Depending on your flight arrival time, you might want to stick with car rentals in the airport vicinity - not sure if you really want to be in downtown Newark at night. Might want to check nearby Jersey City for major car rental companies.
On the other hand, local rentals tend to want to keep their cars for in-town use and not one-way dropoffs? Your chances of getting one will be better at the airport(s)? Check out JFK across the river on NY side - will need to take airport bus over, but savings might offset it if available ....
Also, check out Hertz Local Editions in Manhattan (New York, NY) as they have a number of in-town locations, again - you will need to take airport bus into city to pick it up.
These in-town locations all have shorter hours so a daytime arrival should be fine. Good luck finding one.