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Boy Who Died After Being Left At Hospital Identified | NYC Top Stories

Catch up with the stories making headlines today across New York City.

Catch up with the stories making headlines today across New York City.
Catch up with the stories making headlines today across New York City. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

Good evening, New York City Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the city for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. Relatives have identified a three-year-old boy who died on Monday after being dropped off unconscious at a Brooklyn hospital. The child's godmother is pleading for his parents to turn themselves in. (Read more on Patch.)

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2. Police are investigating the death of a 64-year-old woman found unresponsive inside a Queens home over the weekend. (Read more on Patch.)

3. More than 1,000 illegal guns have been seized from New York City streets so far this year, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Several dozen firearms were untraceable "ghost guns," she added. (Read more on Patch.)

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4. A coyote who was roaming the Upper East Side has been caught after someone spotted it near a parking garage on Tuesday morning, police said. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in lower Manhattan on Monday to protest against the ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student and legal U.S. resident who was outspoken in the University's pro-Palestinian protests. (Read more on Patch.)

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