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Story image: NYPD announces safest summer; Bronx leads with major crime decline

NYPD announces safest summer; Bronx leads with major crime decline

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called this summer historic with the city seeing a 6% drop in major crimes in August, and the Bronx seeing an 11.9% drop in crimes over the last eight months when compared to last year.

Story image: CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Staten Island man struck by lightning

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Staten Island man struck by lightning

Story image: Warm & muggy with a stray storm today in The Bronx

Warm & muggy with a stray storm today in The Bronx

Story image: Bronx families still waiting for answers nearly two weeks after Melrose apartment fire

Bronx families still waiting for answers nearly two weeks after Melrose apartment fire

Story image: Over $10K in gold chains stolen during moped-riding snatching spree across the Bronx

Over $10K in gold chains stolen during moped-riding snatching spree across the Bronx

The suspect is pictured carrying a food delivery backpack while riding a black moped. According to the NYPD, he mainly targeted women during the month-long heist, carried out from July 20 to Aug. 22.

Story image: Deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak puts NYC health officials under the microscope

Deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak puts NYC health officials under the microscope