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Startling numbers from the nypd show that while Violent Crime has dropped citywide, down 50 in central park, its up 23 in other parks. Weve never seen a jump like this before. Reporter jeff croft is president of new york parks advocates, which crunched the latest nypd crime reports comparing the most recent nine months to the same period last year. It found rapes were up 40 , felony assault jumped 34 , and robberies spiked 15 . 417 victim of Violent Crime. Its pretty shocking. And the fact thats more than a person a day. Reporter topping the list, crotona park in the bronx, which had 17 Violen...

Traffic. You have two lanes closed at 108th street with an accident that is the two left lanes. Delays building through here and construction in the westbound lanes of the l. I. E. In this area. And then heading over to the bqe, slow ride eastbound, one to two lanes blocked. Things are still moving okay through this the search is on for a man who attacked a woman in a park on the Upper West Side. Katherine creag has more. This is one of the most popular parks for the people in the Upper West Side. Reporter right. You can almost see people here at all times of the day. A woman was walking her d...

Temperature could reach as high as close to 108, 109. Upper 70s and rain cooled. The rain washed the city out a little bit. That was nice. Lower 70s north and west, even 60s. 68 in monticello. Didnt see that yesterday morning. Live right now, weve got showers working over delaware to warren. Theres a indicating pretty decent downpours but they have been deepening as we move east. Thats good news. They will die out as they go throughed it morning. As the afternoon heats up, temperatures work into the 90s. If youre getting on the l while. No service between the Broadway Junction but you can take...

Mental illness ending in tragedy. A 23yearold man charged with drowning his own mother in the family pool in lord harbor. Kristin joins us now with details. Reporter diana, police say that dennis colin junior said he had a fight with his mother over his not taking his psychiatric medications. Sources tell us that he was diagnosed with paranoid schizo and recently released from a hospital. Prosecutors say 23yearold dennis colin junior told police in a several hourlonged tape video how he allegedly killed his mother in their backyard pool. He put her in a head lock, walked from the shallow end o...

Joining us. Nice to have you along. Bill evans is here with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Reporter grab an umbrella, the temperature 78 degrees a little humid, not so much as the fact that weve got showers around this morning. Temperatures 80 around ridgewood queens on the jersey shore. 72, 73. Showers are not heavy, there are no thunderstorms, no lightning, no gusting winds. Just sprinkles with a little upper level system. Then you e sun breaks out at noon. Wind south southwest, well be the mid80s today. A good day after a c...