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The increase coincides with anecdotal reports of an uptick in vendors in city subways.
Columbia researchers found the arachnids in outer-borough parks. Tick-borne illnesses have also increased dramatically in the city.
Gothamist brought a thermometer onto a train car with a broken air conditioner this week and recorded a temperature of 95 degrees.
Police say one man was fatally shot at the park, and another in front of a nearby migrant shelter.