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This story was initially printed by Chalkbeat. Join their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Dylan Lopez Contreras sat ready for a replica of his class schedule in a sunny fourth-floor room of his Bronx highschool as his counselor walked in, carrying a “Free Dylan” button hooked up to the strap of his messenger bag. Dylan stood, and Hedin Bernard lifted Dylan’s more-than-6-foot body off the ground in a decent bear hug. It had been greater than 10 months since Dylan set foot in ELLIS Preparatory Academy, a highschool geared towards older, newly arrived immigrant college students. The final time the 2 had seen one another,…

A retired New York Metropolis police sergeant was amongst 4 folks charged Tuesday in reference to a bribery investigation that additionally entails a Metropolis Council member and a prime aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, in accordance with a report and paperwork. Edouardo St. Fort was arrested in Massachusetts early Tuesday, the Related Press first reported. A duplicate of his arrest warrant from the Japanese District in Brooklyn and reviewed by THE CITY exhibits he was indicted on costs that included conspiracy to commit offenses in opposition to the US, a violation of the Journey Act and bribery. The AP reported…