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Move over, Stuyvesant—Queens just stole the crown. According to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College has officially been named the best high school in New York City, topping an ultra-competitive list that includes some of the city’s most legendary institutions.
According to the indictments, Lewis-Martin allegedly used her influential position at City Hall to help steer government contracts, fast-track permits for a karaoke bar in Queens and intervene in policy decisions in exchange for cash, speaking roles and a television appearance.
New York City police reopened Times Square in Midtown Manhattan to vehicles and pedestrians on Monday after a brief closure that followed a call about a suspicious device at West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue,
NYC anticipates showers, thunderstorms, high rip currents, surf advisories, and potential coastal flooding, with advisories for beach-goers and mariners issued.
A six-year-old girl and her mother, who were seeking asylum in the United States, have been deported to Ecuador after being arrested in New York City and held in immigration detention for a week.
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil kicked off the rally outside the New York Public Library near Bryant Park before those in attendance started marching across Manhattan. Protesters called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and for the United States to stop sending aid to Israel. People from across the country attended.
A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is among seven people facing new charges in the corruption investigation that has swirled around City Hall for two years.
The widow of the off-duty police officer who was killed in a mass shooting July 28 in New York City's Midtown Manhattan, gave birth to the couple's third child Monday.