The New York location is part of McKinsey's Northeast office,
which also includes Boston, Stamford, CT, and the New York location's Corporate Finance Practice.The New York office serves a range of global leaders in many sectors, with emphasis on financial services, pharmaceuticals and medical products, media, telecom/high tech, consumer/packaged goods, and private equity. Consultants from New York serve consumer and industrial clients, and a vast array of philanthropic, civic, government, and cultural institutions.

In addition to its leadership in the spheres of client and community service, many practice leaders call New York City their home. The New York location is recognized by colleagues around the world as a significant contributor to the firm's "heartbeat," spearheading and contributing breakthrough knowledge to the firm, and exposing its professionals to new thinking and thinkers. True to the New York tradition, its consultants also set the bar on the "fun factor," each finding their own special way to make the city's world-renowned art, culture, dining, urban parks, and nightlife an integral part of their lives.