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A man accused of stabbing two Brooklyn children in June has been deemed fit to stand trial.

Bronx Assembly candidate Michael Blake joined Inside City Hall to talk about why his run for the 79th State Assembly district seat is facing a major hurdle in court.

The Reporters Roundtable - New York Times reporter Nikita Stewart, Capital New York reporter Gloria Pazmino, Editor of City and State magazine Morgan Pehme, and New York Daily News' Albany Bureau Chief Ken Lovett - discussed the Eric Garner case and gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout's residency fight on Inside City Hall.

A Brooklyn church that was badly damaged in a fire has taken a small step toward rebuilding as congregants and community members are pledging their support.

A closed-door meeting between investigators, police and community activists was held Friday to diffuse tension over the death of Eric Garner.

The Department of Education lost 127 students' US History Regents exams before they could be graded and is now requiring these students re-take the test. NY1's Lindsey Christ filed the following report.

Federal labor officials have issued a hefty fine to a health care company contracted to provide health services to Rikers Island inmates, saying they disregarded the safety of their employees.

A Circuit Court judge on Friday cleared the way for the state to dispute money lost by victims of Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme.

It's a great time of year to enjoy outdoor art, including a new exhibit in Downtown Brooklyn that you can really be a part of.

The family of Eric Garner says they will march across the Verrazano Bridge later this month with the Rev. Al Sharpton but many elected officials on Staten Island say they are not happy with the plan.

A special screening of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was held on the Upper West Side Wednesday night.

Two Queens women are under arrest for allegedly abusing foreign exchange students at the Crown Tutoring Academy in Little Neck.

President Barack Obama on Thursday authorized airstrikes to stem the advances of extremists in Iraq.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says no injuries have been reported after a minor train derailment at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island Thursday afternoon.

The NAACP hosted a meeting on Staten Island Thursday to discuss Eric Garner's death, and people at the meeting said all of the police officers involved in the incident need to be held accountable, even those who were just bystanders.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday signed a new school safety law named after Avonte Oquendo.

The family of a Bronx teen who claims he was thrown through a window by police is suing the city.

Service is back to normal after a fire at the Franklin Avenue "C" train stop Thursday afternoon.

The Second Avenue Subway is a topic New Yorkers have heard about for decades, and with the first phase of that project finally set to open in a little more than two years, MTA officials are already looking down the tracks at where it goes next.

For the first time, the city offered 1,300 teachers the option to resign or retire with severance, but the deal did not prove to be popular.