New York City

New York City, also called New York and nicknamed the Big Apple, was a pre-War city in the state of New York.
==Background==
Inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years and settled by European colonists in the 17th century, New York City became one of the largest cities in the United States, a prominent port of entry for immigrants and a national icon after the erection of the Statue of Liberty.The Statue of Liberty can be seen in the Fallout 4 holotape game Atomic Command. After World War II and the formation of the United Nations, the city was selected as the home of its headquarters. It remained its home for over a hundred years, until the United Nations disbanded on July 26, 2052, after it failed to prevent the eruption of the Euro-Middle Eastern War. This marked the symbolic beginning of the Resource Wars.Capitol Post terminal entries; Capital Post Top Stories -- July 27, 2052, United Nations Disbanded! 
By this point, the city overwhelmingly relied on nuclear power to meet its energy requirements. In 2065, the city's population had reached 17 million, and in June energy demands on a reactor powering the city almost caused it to go critical. The near-meltdown resulted in the introduction of power rationing, with the incident becoming known as the "Hot Summer."Fallout Bible 0: "June 2065 Due to enormous demands for electricity in the summer of 2065, a nuclear reactor in New York City almost goes critical. The near meltdown brings into effect power rationing, and the term 'Hot Summer' is used to refer to the New York incident."
It remained a major center of culture and commerce up to the nuclear holocaust. Dean Domino boasts of having performed in New York,The Courier: "What about Christine?"Dean Domino: "Christine, that her name? Nice name. I mean, you can't see it on posters, but... never mind. I don't know. She might need to hold some place where speaking isn't important. Like stage tech? Lighting? Got me. And me? I've had prime billing in Europe, New York... and this gig doesn't feel like that. Don't get me wrong, I can hold an audience, conduct a score from the rooftops, but I'm guessing I'm the odd man out in this whole heist."(Dean Domino's dialogue) while Johnny Weston pursued a failed acting career there.A Vault Dweller: "Where are you from originally?"Johnny Weston: ""(Johnny Weston's dialogue) Wall Street was a prominent center of stock trading, often synonymous with American capitalism. On a local level, the city's baseball team had a long-running rivalry with Boston's Swatting Sultans.Police Precinct 8 terminal entries; Precinct 8 evidence terminal, CASE 046-IR: Julians "Inciting a Riot" Logs
===Great War and aftermath===
As one of the most prominent cities in the United States, New York was a major target in the Great War, and was hit by multiple nuclear weapons,Civil Alert System Broadcast: "This morning, Saturday, October 23rd, authorities detected that a nuclear attack had commenced against the United States. The following cities affected include, but are not limited to: Washington, DC; New York; Philadelphia; and Boston." with the destruction severe enough to break even hardened military servicemen.War games 
Surviving military commanders deemed the city lost.The Nucleus terminal entries; Captain Wabash's terminal, SUBJ: Where are you Survivors knew to avoid the devastated New York City, hearing that it was, at the very least, much worse off than Boston.Nathan Broadhurst's autobiogrophy
The condition of the city is not completely known. The Assaultron Adelaide, who attempted to find Broadway in Central Manhattan, A Vault Dweller: "What's Atlantic City like?"Adelaide: "It's beautiful, and right at the center, radiating a good percent of the beauty was lil' ol' me. The Casino was like a crown, and I was its jewel, mesmerizing any that could see it. I loved the dazzling lights near the boardwalk, but eventually I wanted to find the truly blinding lights. Went north to Broadway, but it seems the 'bright lights' I heard about came 20 something years earlier, and were accompanied with mushroom clouds."(Adelaide's dialogue) reported the Big Apple had become a "big crater" (certainly the areas surrounding Broadway, at least). Adelaide: "Let me start this again. As the table says, I am Adelaide. And as you may have guessed from my alluring charm, I am a performer. A Showgirl! A shining star shooting across the night sky from Atlantic City to Broadway. Or wherever new Broadway is since the Big Apple is a big crater. I was going to sell autograph for funds as I travel, but that'll be difficult without a place to work out of. Would you do me the pleasure of letting me stay here while I sort this out?"(Adelaide's dialogue)
Over two centuries after the war, the Prydwen passed over numerous cities in the East during the passage from the Capital Wasteland to The Commonwealth, with the crew witnessing derelict skyscrapers taken over by mutants.Maxson was right
==Notable locations==
* Broadway, a major center for performing arts. Destroyed together with the city.
* Wall Street, a major street in the Financial District of New York, and the home of the largest stock exchange in the United States. Communists commonly identified the "Wall Street gang" (financiers and bankers, i.e. capitalists) as the true masters of the American empire, blaming the eruption of the Sino-American War on their war mongering.People's Republic of America Radio: """"""""""""
* The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, noted for its strong biometric security systems that were linked to criminal databases to lock known felons out, as Johnny Weston learned.A Vault Dweller: "What happened to the plan? Let's keep it moving."Johnny Weston: "Funny thing. A long time ago, I broke into a similar system up at the Federal Reserve in New York. This here biometric scanner must run off some sort of central database. Seems it can detect a known felon, and it's completely locked me out. We need it in order to get in."A Vault Dweller: "I thought there wasn't a system you couldn't beat?"Johnny Weston: " I've learned a lot since then. I'll get this one."(Johnny Weston's dialogue)
* Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island, the site of a landmark investigation by Nellie Bly into the treatment of patients at mental hospitals in New York.Herald editorial on Allegheny Asylum
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* Flatbush, the site of an abduction by Zetan aliens.Alien captive recorded log 2 
* SoHo, an artistic neighborhood renowned for its galleries.Pirate Radio/Advertisements
==Appearances==
New York City is mentioned in Fallout 3 and its add-on Mothership Zeta, the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money, Fallout 4 and its add-on Far Harbor, Fallout 76 and its updates, as well as Fallout Bible 0.
==Behind the scenes==
* New York City is a real-world city and the most populous in the United States.
* A Fallout Tactics pre-War company, Manhattan Projects, shares its name with the U.S. nuclear weapons program (Manhattan Project), itself derived from Manhattan, a borough of New York City where its first administrative office was located.
* During the early planning of Fallout 4, New York was discussed as a possible location for the game, and a design document was produced by Emil Pagliarulo with this idea in mind. The developers instead chose Boston as the location for the game, but have kept the design document on file.The History of Bethesda Game Studios, Noclip, 1:09:08: Emil Pagliarulo: "The- the first thing is for us is figure out where the hell is this game set. Like, and, it wasn't Boston originally. And, it was r- I grew up in Boston and I thought it would be great but I- but I didn't want to be that guy, I didn't want to push for it, so I'm like, uh... so we, it- it was set somewhere else, and I still have the design doc in my desk, uh... an original design doc. Um, and in that design doc, it- the one thing that the one holdover is... uh... the character of Nick Valentine was- was conceived even way back then. He was like the first character they came up with."Danny O'Dwyer: "Emil's design doc focusing on a New York-based Fallout was one idea that the leads were floating around. They could place this game anywhere, in fact at one stage they had asked Obsidian to remove a line in New Vegas about San Francisco being totally wiped off the map. They wanted the Bay Area to at least be an option for future games."
==Gallery==
Fallout Tactics New York City.png|An image of post-War New York City shown in the introduction scene of Fallout Tactics
==References==
Non-game
 
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