New York City

New York was once considered the greatest city on earth in the early 1900s, nowadays the metropolis is left with crime-filled streets and has sections of the city cut off known as "lawless zones."

In 1993, Colombian druglords detonated a nuclear device in New York City, killing 15,000 in retaliation for US attacks on Bogota. Arasaka was eventually brought in to protect the city from utter destruction. During The Time of the Red, New York was part of the Boston-Washington Corridor (BosWash), the remnants of the US Federal Government. New York may not be the worst city in the USA, but it's far from the best place to live.

In November of 2020, Night City Today printed a story about how the city suffered the worst winter in over 100 years, recording 180 deaths directly by the weather by November 10th, with many more homeless expected to be found frozen to death. Massive snowfalls, negative 20° degrees temperatures nightly, and 3 and a half feet of snow caused major infrastructure stoppages and delays to streets and airports, allowing only vectored thrust crafts. The National Guard was sent in to assist emergency services and maintain order.

However, many companies still found opportunities in the city, with offices of many major and local corporations located in the city, with the Perkins/Worldwide Contractors company having several major projects underway in 2020.