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After seven months at a state psychiatric hospital, Waldo Mejia has been declared fit for trial — and his lawyer plans to argue he was insane when he stabbed 14-year-old Caleb Rijos.

Basil the fox sailed from England to New York City as a stowaway. After some treatment at the zoo, he’s doing great.

The borough's only public beach got upgrades "worthy of this community and its history,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

The police department will also split the Bronx into two separate borough commands.

The city is also pursuing zoning changes in the North Bronx to spur more housing development.

Officials are investigating the incidents in Queens and the Bronx.

Bronx residents and elected officials opposed parts of the proposal, saying it would worsen pollution in a borough with high asthma rates.

Roughly a dozen big events are coming to the five boroughs as the weather warms up.

Authorities said Daniel Santana faces murder, manslaughter, arson and reckless endangerment charges in the May 6 blaze.

The shooting was the subject of several investigations, including one by the state attorney general’s office.