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Hamill: New York Mets bring cheers to city in September

Finally, a September filled with cheers.

And not just because Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says we're enjoying the safest New York City summer in 25 years and without racially lopsided stops-and frisks.

And not just because Mayor de Blasio, who inherited a homeless population of 60,000, one-third of them children, is actually building housing for these lost souls instead of giving new tax breaks for more high-rise condos.

No, the loudest cheer you're hearing in New York City in September is originating in the green pasture in Flushing, Queens, called Citi Field, where on Sept. 2 the New York Mets were 6.