The New York City Foot Clan shares its history with its counterpart from the Mirage continuity, from which MNT Gaiden branches its alternate universe. They were originally simply the New York branch of the Foot Clan. Oroku Saki, also known as "the Shredder" and originally a subordinate of Karai, was appointed leader of this branch. But Saki rebelled against Karai's authority, and the New York branch became independent of Karai's authority, from then on sharing no power structure with the main Foot Clan based in Japan. After Saki's death at the hands of Leonardo Hamato, this original renegade branch disintegrated as Saki's Foot Elites fought amongst themselves for control of the organization. These feuding factions themselves collapsed in the City at War incident, when Karai's Foot Clan and