New York City is 2.8 times larger than Durham, North Carolina.
Area: 276 km2 calculated
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, though portions also extend into Wake County in the east and Orange County in the west. Wikipedia
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