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Roslyn, NY

Duo Stole $2.8M From Missing NY Couple’s Bank Accounts, DOJ Says Duo Stole $2.8M From Missing NY Couple’s Bank Accounts, DOJ Says
Duo Stole $2.8M From Missing NY Couple’s Bank Accounts, DOJ Says Two Queens residents are accused of conspiring to steal nearly $3 million from the bank accounts of a Long Island couple who vanished months ago. Yinye “Roy” Wang of College Point and Roslyn, and Qiuju Wu, of Flushing, are charged with conspiring to defraud a financial institution, according to an indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The case centers on Old Brookville residents Peishuan Fan, 48, and JuanJuan Zwang, 44, who have been missing since late March, as Daily Voice reported. An investigation found that between June and August 2025, Wang and Wu used fo…
NY Teen Tech Star Rejected By All 8 Ivies Chooses His College–After Building $30M App Empire NY Teen Tech Star Rejected By All 8 Ivies Chooses His College–After Building $30M App Empire
NY Teen Tech Star Rejected By All 8 Ivies Chooses His College–After Building $30M App Empire He built a $30 million app, launched a website with 5 million users, and still got rejected by all eight Ivy League schools. Now, 18-year-old Long Island resident Zach Yadegari, of Roslyn, is taking his talents to South Florida. Despite a perfect 4.0 GPA, a 34 ACT score, and a resume that includes founding a wildly successful calorie tracking app, Yadegari says he was denied admission to 15 of the 18 colleges he applied to—including every Ivy League school, plus Stanford, MIT, Duke, and NYU. “I didn’t expect to be accepted to all of these colleges,” he told The New York Post in April. “Ho…
Hudson Valley Well-Represented In Brand-New Best High School Rankings Hudson Valley Well-Represented In Brand-New Best High School Rankings
Hudson Valley Well-Represented In Brand-New Best High School Rankings New York is well-represented in brand-new rankings of the best high schools in New York. The first four in Niche's 2025 selections are all from New York City: Stuyvesant in Manhattan, the Bronx High School of Science, Staten Island Technical High School, and Townsend Harris High School in Queens. Checking in at No. 5 and the first Westchester County selection is Scarsdale High School. The first Long Island school picked is No. 7 Half Hollow Hills West in Dix Hills. Long Island schools also make up spots 10 through 13: They are Jericho, Syosset, and Great Neck South high schools. Four mor…