New York City

New York City, or simply New York is the most populous city in the United States. distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km) New York City is also the most densely populated major 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, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world, before 2017. New York City was also home to the United Nations Headquarters. And it was one of many Alturaician targets during the attack on Earth. After 24 hours of the invasion, New York was nothing more than a wasteland along with the rest of the world.

Overview
It was unknown what happened to New York during the Combine occupation. Eventually it was rebuilt sometime after when the Superportal collapsed in HL2E2. But after the invasion in 2017, the city was turned into a massive military district. The city was viewed by loads of smoke from a great distance, and plenty of New Combine ships.