New York

**New York** is one of the fifty states of America. It was also one of the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States. New York is located in the Northeastern United States. It serves as the main setting of *Animals.*

## Overview

As the main setting, New York is inhabited by humans and animals. The animals include dogs, rats, birds, cats, horses, insects, geese, swans, seagulls, squirrels, amphibians, reptiles, rabbits, ferrets, gerbils, hamsters, possums, and turkeys.

New York serves as the center around the daily life for both humans and animals alike. Since humans take charge, the animals serve as downtrodden, such as rats or insects. As New York is one of the most crime-infested places, the state has been followed with crime and corruption.

The Mayor was preparing for his upcoming reelection, though he had gotten himself into complications. He was known for cheating on his wife with a prostitute in a hotel only for the latter to end up dead. The mayor cover it up to make it look like an accident, but the mayor was being blackmailed in the process. The mayor sends his thugs that beat him to make him stop. When the mayor found his election rates were going down, he threatens the editor-in-chief to write a false report. The mayor was planning with his business manager, though he died from a drug overdose so he had his thugs throw him in the river. Unbeknownst to him, one of his goons was an undercover private investigator. The mayor than hired his thugs to plant cocaine in his opponent's house so he would win the election. Upon getting to his house, the mayor found out his wife was cheating on him with his opponent, so he barged in to kill him. At the moment, the investigator revealed himself but both him and the mayor's opponent ended up dead, with a coverup saying the latter died of an overdose after he killed the former. However, the mayor didn't know that the investigator sends an envelope containing evidence of the mayor's corruption to the editor, which would be published if anything were to happen to him. Having secured the election, the mayor was hosting a Thanksgiving Parade where the mayor would be a turkey to further deceive the onlookers, however, not knowing the turkey he picked was Gregory who wanted revenge against him for the murder of his wife, Sarah, after he saw him on TV holding basked turkeys. After the public saw the news of the mayor's corruption, with his wife going against him as well, a mob was formed. In the ensuing chaos, the mayor's thug was killed while the mayor was trying to escape only to crash the truck. The mayor made a run with one of the parade floats landing on him, crawling through he met Gregory holding a gun to his head. The turkey demanded the mayor to say his wife's name, which he did before he shot him. When the float was removed, they see the mayor shot dead with the gun in his head, as Gregory put it there and the public believed it was a suicide.

## New York City

New York City, or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities. New York City suffers from economic problems and happens to be one of the most crime-infested cities.

Aside from the state and the other cities, New York City is the main center where the series takes place regarding the daily life of the animals.

The Mayor and the Mayor's Opponent were running for mayor of New York City. When the latter was killed and was set up to secure the former to win. After the mayor was exposed during the Thanksgiving Parade, he was shot by a turkey and was set up to make it look like a suicide. It's unknown who ran the city, but the unknown mayor was later killed by Dr. Labcoat's Green Bomb.

## 116 Street Station

The 116 Street Station is a subway that travels to Downtown to Brooklyn. It serves as the home for rats, and has social gatherings like parties and it also has a school for the said species. The subway is in Nostrand Avenue. It's also connected to Grand Central-42 Street Station.

## Mayor's Officer

The Mayor's Officer is where the mayor of New York represents his guide and authority. The Mayor was looking over some blackmail photos of him and a dead prostitute.

## Golf Course

New York has a golf course that the mayor goes to. While he was golfing, two of his thugs brought a beaten photographer that took the pictures. He later placed him on the field with a tee in his mouth than a golf ball on it, the mayor than hits the ball that knocks the tee out of the photographer's mouth.

## Mayor's House

The house is where the Mayor, Mayor's Wife, Phil (Cat), and Mike (Cat) live. When the humans were away, Alex visited the cats to steal their medication only to escape being tortured by them.

## Central Park

Central Park is where the humans go there to relax, and they bring their dogs with them. It's also the home to several animals, like opossums, birds, and squirrels.

Shane, a goose, visited the lake where he took an infatuated with Oliva, a swan. The swans were holding a party in the men's public restroom. Shane went there after lying about being a black swan. When Shane and Oliva were having sex, Shane made honking sounds like geese would, was exposed, and kicked out of the party.

The Mayor, with the aid of his business partner, Takanawa, was gonna demolish the park and turn it into a parking lot. Since Takanawa and the mayor's death, this was prevented.

## Dog Park

The dog park is where the humans leave their dogs to play or exercise while the humans do their daily activities. The known dogs that visited were Phil (Dog), Mike (Dog), Charles, Angela, and Ronnie. It's where Meredith had Phil dropped off to.

## The Newspaper Building

The newspaper building is the establishment where the daily news is written and published across New York City. Edward Itor was the editor-in-chief, and Sam was one of the employees working as a reporter.

## El Strip Club

El Strip Club, as its name implies, is a strip club. The Mayor and Takanawa went there to party, only for the latter to die of an overdose of cocaine. Patrick, Dave, and Kashmere went there to get "high" from seeing the neon lights.

## Bail Bonds

Bail Bonds is where pigeons hold up a cage match on the roof. The building also shares a liquor store. Phil (Pigeon) and Larry went there to make money only to end up badly as Larry happens to be debt to the manager, Julio.

## Little Brazil

Little Brazil is a small neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. The area consists mostly of Brazilian commercial enterprises and Brazilian restaurants. It's where Wallet, Old Woman, Nun, Orphan 1, Orphan 2, Orphan 3, and Teatime are from.

## Pesci Corp

Pesci Corp. Testing, or Pesci Corp., is a research facility in New York City where Dr. Labcoat, the CEO and founder, conducts his experiments.