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Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña was on hand as the Department of Education wrapped up its first digital summer reading program, called the "Summer Sail" program, on Wednesday.

A bill aiming to protect immigrants from fraud has been signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

State education officials have released a portion of questions that were on standardized tests administered this year.

A Queens man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to shoot a police officer.

Relatives of those killed by police officers are calling on the NYPD's inspector general to investigate excessive force by police resulting in death.

Six Queens Library board members who were removed from their posts last month are being barred from making an appeal.

A Brooklyn Democratic club hosted a forum on the race for governor Wednesday, and while Andrew Cuomo was not in attendance, his candidate for lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, was, along with one of his political opponents.

The patient who has been in isolation at Mount Sinai Hospital since Monday does not have Ebola.

The Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday fired back at the city's police unions in response to Eric Garner's death and said he is still planning a march from Brooklyn into Staten Island on August 23.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a new law requiring school sports coaches to report child abuse.

PBA President Patrick Lynch joined Inside City Hall to discuss the Eric Garner case and his back-and-forth with Al Sharpton.

Campbell Brown, founder of the Partnership for Educational Justice, and Keoni Wright, a parent from East New York who is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state, joined Inside City Hall to discuss their call to change New York's teacher tenure rules.

Some Brooklyn residents say its time for a change of plans when it comes to development in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and they spoke out at a community meeting held at Borough Hall Wednesday.

As promised, the de Blasio administration on Wednesday released a review of the city's new 911 call-taking system, and two other government watchdogs are sounding an alarm over how the project was managed.

You can now stay connected at four state parks.

The city officially drops its appeal of a federal court ruling that found police sometimes used stop-and-frisk in a discriminatory way.

We teach our kids how to tie their shoes and brush their teeth, but teaching them how to manage their money is just as important, perhaps even more so. Rachel Cruze, author of "Smart Money, Smart Kids," offered some tips to NY1 parenting correspondent Shelley Goldberg.

Police are looking for a man who they say forcibly touched a woman in Brooklyn.

Before you defrost tonight's dinner, you may want to think about where you're defrosting it. NY1's Jill Urban tackles this and other common kitchen practices in her latest Healthy Living report.