It looks like the moon to me.
I just did a quick look, the moon was rising in the southeastern evenign sky on July 4 in NYC and would have been visible just before the fireworks started. It was also a full moon on July 7 so it would have been pretty bright on the 4th. My guess is it’s a snapshot of the almost full moon distorted through some clouds. If I had to location and direction of the photo, it could easily be verified.