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Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and Mayor de Blasio are touring MS 255's after school program today.

The Inside City Hall Reporters Roundtable - Brian Lehrer of WNYC Radio; Elinor Tatum, publisher of the Amsterdam News; Erica Orden of the Wall Street Journal; and Bob McCarthy of the Buffalo News - discussed the aftermath of primary season.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, talked to Errol Louis about the future of progressive politics in New York and around the country.

Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino joined Errol Louis to talk about his challenge to Governor Andrew Cuomo now that primary season is over.

Physical activity is important for any kid, but the emphasis is deeper for those with special needs, which is why the latest New Yorker of the Week is putting a focus on getting them out and active.

Shootings in the northeast Bronx reached an all-time high earlier this year, causing some residents to call neighborhoods patrolled by the 47th Precinct the Wild Wild West, but months later, things have changed.

In part five of our series investigating the current state of the job market, NY1's Diane King Hall filed the following report on careers in America that did not exist before the Great Recession.

Some wear buttons or maybe give a campaign donation, but on Staten Island, there is one clear way to show who you are supporting in an election: the lawn sign.

A New York City tribute to the late Maya Angelou brought together family and friends of the acclaimed poet at Riverside Church.

A Queens man has been arrested in connection with an attempted rape that happened in August.

Police have arrested the man who they say attacked a woman in a Brooklyn subway station.

The medical examiner has ruled the death of a prisoner found in an overheated cell on Rikers Island an accident.

Designer Betsey Johnson took center stage at Fashion Week with an over-the-top bridal collection that sends her dancing with the stars.

Two people are dead and one more is in critical condition after a fiery car accident on the Bronx River Parkway this morning.

The Apollo Theater will swing open its famous doors this weekend for the Harlem Healthy Soul Festival.

Police are looking for a man they say tried to rape a woman in the Bronx last week after she left the Baychester train station.

Amid a federal investigation into possible misused funds, the president and CEO of the Queens Library has been put on administrative leave.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced the possible delay this week after Rafael Espinal, who leads the council's consumer affairs committee, said he opposes the ban.

Being disabled is no laughing matter, but a local comedian has found humor in his own personal tragedy.

The tunnel that carries trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan is set finally set to reopen Sunday night after 13 months of repairs, sources tell NY1.