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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 name="escissue7">''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue #7]]</ref>
'''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 name="escissue7">''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue #7]]</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:NYCSOTA.png|right|thumb|175px|A member of the Society of the Ancients in Times Square in 2007.]]
[[File:NYCSOTA.png|right|thumb|175px|A member of the Society of the Ancients in Times Square in 2007.]]
===United States of America===
===United States of America===
New York City was originally founded in 1624 as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and was renamed New York by the King of England. It was the United States' largest city since 1790. In 1952, [[Wikipedia:Headquarters of the United Nations|the United Nations building]] was constructed in New York to house the organization.
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.  
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.  


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==Geography==
==Geography==
[[File:United Nations.png|250px|thumb|left|The UN General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters.]]
[[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===
===New York City proper===
New York City is composed of a multitude of islands and neighborhoods. The most prominent of these islands is Manhattan, where the original UN Headquarters and Times Square were located. [[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>
[[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>


===Metropolitan area===
===Metropolitan area===
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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>
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 City is known for being the birth place of the New York strip, a short loin steak that originated in 1837 in Lower Manhattan. 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>
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]].  


==Speculation==
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>
{{Conjecture}}
*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.
*The [[UNSC Supreme Headquarters]] is located somewhere within the URNA. It is likely that it is in NYC, seeing as the United Nations is already headquartered there.


==Known residents==
==Known residents==
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[[File:New York Times Easter egg.png|right|thumb|250px|The front page of ''The New York Times'' from November 11, 1918.]]
[[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 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==
==List of appearances==
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*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}
==Notes==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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[[Category:Human cities]]
[[Category:Human cities]]