Cats playing cards somewhere in New York (6)
I believe the answer is:
queens
This clue is a triple definition!
'cats' is the first definition.
(queen is a kind of cat)
'playing cards' is the second definition.
(queen is a kind of playing card)
'somewhere in new york' is the third definition.
(Other definitions for queens that I've seen before include "Borough of NYC for the royals" , "Borough of New York City for monarchs" , "powerful men on board" , "NY borough; two Oxbridge colleges" , "Belfast university" .)