NEW YORK: Major crime fell 4.6 percent in 2014 and homicides were at their lowest level in New York last year since records began, embattled mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.

Officials unveiled the record-breaking statistics with the mayor under fire from some members of the police department over the December 20 double murder of two officers in broad daylight.

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