New York City is 4.4 times larger than Washington, D.C..
Area: 784 km2 calculated
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. Wikipedia
Area: 178 km2 calculated
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. Wikipedia