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NY1 Anchor Roma Torre has taken a leave of absence from the news channel after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Health Reporter Erin Billups spoke to Roma about her condition and her message to NY1 viewers.

August 27th

NY1 takes a look at what's in today's New York City newspapers.

In today's lead editorial of The New York Times, the newspaper says it will not back Governor Cuomo in the Democratic primary citing lack of required action needed for ethics and corruption reform in Albany.

Police and U.S. Marshals are investigating a late night shooting in Queens that erupted during the execution of a federal narcotics warrant, ending in the arrest of a man who authorities say may also be behind a Brooklyn stabbing.

Police are investigating after a man was found shot to death in Coney Island Tuesday.

The NYPD's hate crime division is investigating an attack on a Jewish couple on the Upper East Side.

John Schiumo hosts the August 26, 2014 episode of The Call.

It's tough enough putting out a fire in an apartment building; try it on a boat. To ramp up its maritime training, the FDNY Department is now using a multi-million dollar simulator.

City Council members announce a plan to support food pantries across the five boroughs.

The city teen who admitted to smoking marijuana before a Long Island car crash that killed four of his friends will spend between five and 15 years in prison.

The NY1 Wise Guys, Former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato, guest Wise Guy former Bronx Assemblyman Roberto Ramirez and former Congressman Anthony Weiner discussed a police union's criticism of Mayor Bill de Blasio and his push to bring the Democratic National Convention to the city as well as the mayor's declining popularity among white voters in a recent poll.

The city has reached a new contract agreement with the union representing school safety agents and special officers.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is trying to bring the 2016 Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn, but an open letter from the Sergeants Benevolent Association to the DNC chairperson says the city is not a safe place to host the convention.

With less than two weeks before students head back to school, the de Blasio administration is scrambling to launch its citywide pre-K program but finding that there are too many applicants in some neighborhoods, but not enough in others.

There may be no shortage of demand in the city for affordable housing, but in spite of that, plans to build more affordable housing are often met with skepticism, concern and sometimes downright hostility.

There may be no shortage of demand in the city for affordable housing, but in spite of that, plans to build more affordable housing are often met with skepticism, concern and sometimes downright hostility.

With the start of the school year just around the corner, parents are making sure their children are properly supplied-but what about properly vaccinated? NY1's Erin Billups sat down with City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett to discuss what parents should know about vaccinations as the first day approaches.

The 2013 Tony winning revival of "Pippin" is a synthesis of musical theater and circus art. NY1's Frank DiLella recently went behind the scenes of the hit show to get in on the Broadway fun and see just how they make that "magic."

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says bedbugs were found on a Coney Island-bound train Monday after a conductor complained about being bitten.