I think that this was wildly original and engaging! Loved the sci-for love craft Ian weirdness and the concept of people as cities’ avatars. 

Some of the characters fell play like Padmini, Manny and Aislyn. I felt that they don’t really have clear motivations or distinct traits beyond their characterization as the borough they represent. 

I also felt like while the hook talks about a lot of important concepts with racism, gentrification, xenophobia, etc,  the villains are fine being over the top but the normal New Yorkers that they encounter could have had some variety.