Perhaps this is related? It's not from the same website, but I feel the content are connected.
"Fall 2017 MS Admissions Update as of May 2, 2017: MS in Data Science admissions offers and decisions have been sent out. If you are on the waitlist, please do not contact the Center for Data Science. You will hear from us when a final decision has been made. "(http://cds.nyu.edu/apply/)
Does NYU care about applicants' feelings at all? Apparently no.