Cookie-slinging NYC Girl Scout bakes competition for second straight year — thanks to crafty tactical changes

Maria Simulescu

New York City’s teen cookie queen is hanging on to her crown. Brooklyn 13-year-old Ashleigh F. has secured her title as the Big Apple’s top Girl Scout cookie seller for the second year in a row after baking up new tactics to overcome the organization’s overall crumbling sales. Ashleigh of Bay Ridge hawked a mouth-watering 3,013 boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs this season — a total that slightly surpassed the goal she outlined for the sweet season. “I pushed my goal up by 500 more