A cross bears the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre as people pay tribute at a makeshift memorial on December 19, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut.

Boys check out the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy which inundated the Rockaway Peninsular on October 30, 2012.

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Justin Mudge walks through the muddy remains of his great uncle's gun shop which was destroyed by the floods caused by Hurricane Irene on September 1, 2011 in Prattsville, NY.

The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton greets children at the Northside Center for Child Development family service facility in Harlem on December 8, 2014.

Queen Elizabeth II visits the United Nations which marks her second appearance ever at the UN, the first taking place in 1957, as she makes a brief visit to the city on July 6, 2010.

Graduates celebrate during New York University's commencement ceremony held at Yankee Stadium on May 13, 2009.

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march along 42nd Street during a nation-wide May Day strike on May 1, 2012.

Firefighters extract the body of crane operator Daniel Leo who was killed when a construction crane snapped in two and collapsed on East 91st Street on May 30, 2008.

A rescue boat passes by the wreckage of the US Air Flight A320 after it made an emergency landing onto the Hudson River two days ago as seen on January 17, 2009.

People gather in Times Square to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama which is being broadcasted on large video screens on January 20, 2009.

A wheel-chair bound couple participate in the Labor Day Parade taking place on May 1, 2013.

Congressman Anthony Weiner greets the crowds as he marches in the Puerto Rican Day parade on June 11, 2006.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch waves to the crowds during the New York Yankee ticker-tape parade on November 6, 2009.