New York is eliminated from first place.

To show that New York is eliminated from first place, we start with the current conference standings:
            Team	W	L	GL	PCT	GB
         Detroit	60	22	0	0.732	0.0
          Boston	56	26	0	0.683	4.0
        New York	53	29	0	0.646	7.0
       Cleveland	52	30	0	0.634	8.0
         Atlanta	46	36	0	0.561	14.0
         Toronto	46	36	0	0.561	14.0
         Orlando	45	37	0	0.549	15.0
    Philadelphia	45	37	0	0.549	15.0
       Charlotte	44	38	0	0.537	16.0
           Miami	43	39	0	0.524	17.0
       Milwaukee	32	50	0	0.390	28.0
         Chicago	31	51	0	0.378	29.0
        Brooklyn	20	62	0	0.244	40.0
         Indiana	19	63	0	0.232	41.0
      Washington	17	65	0	0.207	43.0
           Total	609	621	0

New York can finish the season with at most 53 + 0 = 53 wins and will finish the season behind the following teams:
Detroit has already won 60 games.
Boston has already won 56 games.