Lightning strikes during a storm in New York City, Aug. 7, 2018. Cory Seamer/Twitter The heat and humidity plaguing the Northeast this week conjured up thunderstorms and lightning strikes that ...

Those lights shut off at 2 a.m., Mr. Malkin said, with one exception. “If movie studios are filming New York City, and they’re filming at 2, 3 or 4 a.m.,” he said, “they reach out to us ...