Southern tip of Manhattan? The government touchy since “last September?”
You’d be forgiven for thinking this panel came from a post-9/11 comics. But, no. It’s from 1984.
Why is the government so touchy? Probably either this or this, both from September 1983…
(From Justice League of America #228, July 1984. Written by Gerry Conway. Art by George Tuska and Alex Nino.)