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'''New York City''', abbreviated as '''NYC''',<ref>''[[I Love Bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 10|Chapter 10]] - Rani: "The Reluctant Conspirator"</ref> is a major [[city]] on [[Earth]]. By about 2542, it is the most populous city in all of the [[United Republic of North America]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=escissue7|[[Halo: Escalation]]|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|#7]]}}{{Ref/Site|Id=locationspg2|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations?page=2|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Locations, Page 2}}

==History==
[[File:NYCSOTA.png|right|thumb|175px|A member of the Society of the Ancients in Times Square in 2007.]]
===United States of America===
On July 15, [[2007]], members of the [[Society of the Ancients]] attempted to spread their ideas regarding past [[Forerunner|alien visitors]] to pedestrians in Times Square. 

The city, as with the rest of the United States, was eventually a part of the [[United Republic of North America]] prior to [[2542]].{{Ref/Reuse|escissue7}} The association of the city with the United Nations has resulted in numerous UNSC facilities across the URNA.<ref name="escpg296297"/>

===Gangs (and Spartans) of New York===
By [[2552]] New York City was home to the [[Morelli family]]: [[Jason Morelli|Jason]], his wife, [[Bonita Morelli|Bonita]], and their son, [[Jersey Morelli|Jersey]]. The three of them lived together in a four-level. One other family who lived in the tenement was the James family, comprised up of [[James James|Jim]], and his daughter, [[Janissary James|Janissary]], or Jan. That year, Jersey's personal computer was invaded by a confused fragment of [[Melissa]], an [[artificial intelligence]] construct from the {{UNSCShip|Apocalypso}}, an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[prowler]]. Jersey named the fragment [[Durga]]. The only thing Durga could remember was that she liked to investigate things, so Jersey asked her to get information on his neighbor, Jan.<ref name="boymeetsgirl"/> The AI compiled an extensive amount of audio files from the [[chatter]]s of people around Jan in order to build a picture of her life, and eventually began spying on others as well via the wider [[ChatterNet]], including individuals as far as [[Boston]].

After learning that she possessed unique physical abilities that superseded those of baseline humans, Janissary visited a moons parlor, [[Sharfie's]] to try her hand at the game. There she ended up saving a man about to be murdered by a gang by beating its leader, Thin Kinkle, in moons. Later, she was approached by a man who had a friend, [[Gene Lindsey]], interested in joining Kinkle's gang. The man told her that his friend was supposed to prove himself by doing something they could hold over him forever, namely a rape. The man asked if Jan could offer any help to his friend, and Jan agreed to intervene in the situation.She rescued the would-be rape victim and gravely injured everyone involved. After this, Thin Kinkle somehow managed to kidknap her in retaliation and bring her to his base of operations. The gangster proceeded to torture his captive with a device called a [[Cupid's Knife]]. Her father attempted to rescue her, but was captured as well. Kinkle shot and killed him in front of Janissary. As soon as Jan's situation came to the attention of Durga and Jersey, Durga remotely shut down all the security apparatus at the location. This allowed Gilly, Jan's mother, and a former [[Spartan-I]], to infiltrate the building and rescue her daughter, killing everyone else inside in the process. Only Thin Kinkle himself managed to escape. At the funeral for Jim, Jersey approached Jan and told her everything Durga had unearthed about Kinkle and who he worked for: the mob boss, [[Monster Ann]]. With this knowledge, [[Gladys Wilson]], Gilly, and her daughter went to the [[Crystal Security]] building and Gilly personally killed both individuals. 

When the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] [[Battle for Earth|arrived]] at Earth on [[2552#October|October 20]], New York City was filled with the sounds of sirens alerting the populace to the threat.<ref>''[[I Love Bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - Jan</ref>
<ref>''[[I Love Bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - Jersey</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:United Nations.png|250px|thumb|left|The UN General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters.<ref>''[[Halo Legends]]'', [[Origins]]</ref>]]
===New York City proper===
[[Wikipedia:Coney Island|Coney Island]] was another island in the city.<ref>''[[I Love Bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 7|Chapter 7]] - Rani: "Last Stop"</ref> The [[United Nations]] headquarters were located in New York City.<ref name="escpg296297">''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', Earth, p. 284-285, (2009); p. 296-297 (2011 edition)</ref>

===Metropolitan area===
By 2552, there are at least two [[United Nations Space Command]] military bases located within the New York area. One of these bases is designated [[Paris 23]] and is found in [[Bergen County]], formerly of the state of [[Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey]].

The [[Waterfront Hotel]] has a restaurant which serves many foods, notably tuna.<ref name="boymeetsgirl">''[[I Love Bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 1|Chapter 1]] - Jersey: "Boy Meets Girl"</ref> [[Hot 'n' Cold]] is a café with a beverage dispenser and [[coffee]] machine.<ref>''[[I Love Bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 4|Chapter 4]] - Janissary: "Big Dog"</ref> [[Sharfie's]] is a parlor dedicated to playing the game [[Moons (game)|moons]], in the bad part of New York City that is known as a place police officers don't patrol. There is at least one casino in the city.

==Economy and Society==
New York City has the reputation of being a "big media-advertising town". Only [[Beijing]] in [[China]] rivals it in this respect. Most people on [[Earth]] working in media and advertising, especially journalists and photographers, live in one of these two cities.<ref>''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'', [[Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa]]</ref>

One of the companies that could be found in NYC in [[2552]] was [[Crystal Security]]. Crystal Security, however, was actually a front for a crime syndicate led by an individual that went by the name of [[Monster Ann]]. 

New York strips continue to be enjoyed well into the 26th Century. The [[URF]] leader, [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], routinely had New York steaks shipped to his private residence at [[Eridanus Secundus]] from the [[Eridanus II]] space docks.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', p. 104 (2010)</ref>

==Known residents==
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*[[Aiden Maki]]
*[[Unidentified Bergen County police officer|Bergen County officer]]
*[[Bonita Morelli]]
*[[Unidentified commuter|Commuter]]
*[[Dwayne]]
*[[Frank (New York)|Frank]]
*[[Gene Lindsey]]
*[[Gilly]]
*[[Gladys Wilson]]
*[[Herbert]]
*[[Hiroyuki]]
*[[Jason Morelli]]
*[[Jersey Morelli]]
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*[[Kamal Zaman]]
*[[Janissary James]]
*[[James James|Jim James]]
*[[Unidentified Marine officer (New York)|Marine officer]]
*[[Marta]]
*[[Marty (i love bees)|Marty]]
*[[Monster Ann]]
*[[Pete]]
*[[Simon Brown]]
*[[Sophia Bossedon]]
*[[Steve]]
*[[Thin Kinkle]]
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==Trivia==
[[File:New York Times Easter egg.png|right|thumb|250px|The front page of ''The New York Times'' from November 11, 1918.]]
*The November 11, 1918 issue of the city's ''The New York Times'' was used as litter in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' as an [[New York Times Easter egg|easter egg]].
*The [[UNSC Supreme Headquarters]] is located somewhere within the URNA. It is possible that it is in NYC, seeing as the United Nations is already headquartered there.
*It can be assumed that the 26th Century New York City comprises a great deal more area than it did in the 21st. The [[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone]] and [[New Phoenix]] serve as examples of 26th-Century metroplexes that grew from what used to be smaller cities in the past. NYC had around 8.5 million residents in the early 21st century. If New York City grew at the same proportion that Phoenix and Flagstaff did over the centuries, then it could have around 39.5 million residents.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[i love bees]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
**''[[Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}

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