New York City

New York City was a pre-War city in the United States.

Background
New York was the location of the United Nations headquarters before it was disbanded on July 26, 2052.

In 2065, a nuclear reactor, struggling to power the population of seventeen million people, went supercritical for a period of about five minutes. While there was no explosion, the NYC incident coined the term "hot summer" for a heat-related electrical overload on nuclear systems. The event mandates power rationing throughout the city.

During the Great War, the city was affected by nuclear strikes.

Appearances
New York City is mentioned in the Fallout Bible 0, in a Capitol Post article about the disbanding of the United Nations, and Wall Street, a district of NYC is mentioned in the People's Republic of America Radio broadcast in Fallout 3. It is also mentioned in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money, as well as Fallout 4 and Fallout 76, with the Statue of Liberty making a cameo appearance in the Atomic Command game.

Behind the scenes
New York City is based on the real world location of New York City, New York.

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.