NYPD reports surge in home invasion robberies amid COVID-19
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Thieves committed 204 home-invasion robberies in 2020, a 7 percent increase from the 190 reported in 2019, according to NYPD data that points to the pandemic as a factor in the uptick in the often-terrifying and violent crimes. A Dec. 22 home invasion in the East Village left two people shot and a third person...