In 2077, Mayor Lucius Rhyne was almost attacked by cyberpsycho Péter Horváth as he prepared to hold a press conference inside City Hall about Night City's drop in crime rate, but Detective River Ward killed the attacker before Rhyne came to harm. Due to this attack and the later death of Rhyne (caused by a virus-spiked braindance but covered up as a cardiac implant malfunction), Acting Mayor Weldon Holt had City Hall placed under guard by elite NCPD units. V cannot enter City Hall but can observe the outside along with the protesters and guards in front of the entrance.[2]