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New York City (officially The City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States. The New York metropolitan area ranks among the world's most populous urban areas. It is a leading global city, exerting a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, and entertainment. The city is also an important center for international affairs, hosting the United Nations headquarters.
Located on the Atlantic coast of the Northeastern United States, the city consists of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Founded in 1624 as a commercial trading post by the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdam, it served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the nation's largest city since 1790.
Today, the city has many landmarks and neighborhoods that are world famous.
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New York City in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
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New York City was not destroyed during the Third World War, but it was occupied by German troops, and subject to bombing during the war and after. Einsatzkommandos "cleaned up" the ghettos of NYC after the Third World War.[1]
New York City in Southern VictoryEdit
New York City was a common port of call for the Atlantic Fleet of the U.S Navy as well as of the Germany High Seas Fleet.
Entente propaganda painted New York as a town of vice and decadence, but they could not deny the city's luxury and wealth.
In 1944, Confederate President Jake Featherston idly threatened to destroy New York City with a superbomb.
Congresswoman and one-time First Lady Flora Blackford was a New Yorker, representing the city's Lower East Side in Congress.
New York City in SupervolcanoEdit
Squirt Frog and the Evolving Tadpoles' tour, after Rob Ferguson's parents split up, eventually led them across the country to New York City. They played at Neptune's Resort to a packed and appreciative house.[2] While in town, Justin Nachman found a positive review of the band in The New Yorker's "Night Life - Rock and Pop" section.[3] It also mentioned Snakes and Ladders, the group's opening, act but only in one sentence. This led to in-fighting within that band[4] and their eventual break-up.[5]
New York City in The Guns of the SouthEdit
During the opening weeks in the war with the United Kingdom, the Royal Navy bombarded the New York City Harbours, setting off huge fires there.
New York City in The Man With the Iron HeartEdit
Diana McGraw traveled to New York City in the fall of 1947 to welcome returning troops. Some thanked her, but one began berating her for bringing the troops back too soon.
New York City in WorldwarEdit
New York City continued as a bustling city even though the United States had been invaded by the Race's Conquest Fleet. Aside from the use of horse-drawn carriages instead of automobiles, it was business as usual for New Yorkers.
In 1943, New York was the site of an Anglo-American-Soviet summit, attended by American Secretary of State Cordell Hull, British Minister of Supply Lord Beaverbrook, British ambassador to the U.S. Lord Halifax, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.
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