New York City

New York City is a city in the state of New York. It is the most populous city in the U.S. New York City was destroyed during the War of 1996 and was later rebuilt after the war.

Before War of 1996
New York City was the most populous city in America. Julius Levinson and his wife had their children born there. After his wife's and daughter's death, Julius lived alone while his surviving son David worked at Compact Cable. New York was also the home of major landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Times Square, Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and was also where the headquarters of UN was.

War of 1996
New York City was one of the 3 targeted cities by the aliens who used their City Destroyers to hover over the city before positioning the main weapon over the Empire State Building. Most of Manhattan was in a panic and most New Yorkers evacuated from the city. New York City was destroyed when the City Destroyers unleashed their weapon beam. The destruction completely annihilated The Empire State Building, Times Square, the Chrystal Building, and UN Headquarters, while the Statue of the Liberty and Twin Towers were severely damaged with the Statue of Liberty toppling into New York harbor.

Post War
After the invasion, New York was one of the earliest cities to be rebuilt. By 1998, Half of Manhattan was partially rebuilt with ESD and David Levinson overseeing the construction. In 2006, President Larson gave a speech at where The Empire State Building used to stand during the 10th year anniversary of the war. By 2010, New York City was fully rebuilt while only Queens still under construction. In 2011 Julius moved back to New York where he first started selling his book How I Saved the World.

War of 2016
New York did not suffer as much during the second alien invasion. How once again the population was forced to evacuate quickly or to the ESD underground bunker. The motherships was visible from the sky.