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

Bob Hardt's daily look "Inside City Hall."

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito discussed her human papillomavirus, or HPV, diagnosis with reporters for the first time.

A group of the Times Square costumed characters are organizing in an effort to protect their rights.

Head and neck cancers account for about three percent of cancers in the U.S. but unlike many other well known cancers, they are very easy to screen for.

John Schiumo hosts the August 19, 2014 episode of The Call.

The executive director of Citizens Union, Dick Dadey; the executive director of Common Cause New York, Susan Lerner; president of League of Women Voters of New York State, Sally Robinson and the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group Blair Horner joined Inside City Hall to discuss a November ballot proposal that would take some power to redraw district lines out of the hands of state legislators.

The NY1 Wise Guys, Former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato, guest wise Gal former public advocate Betsy Gotbaum, and former Congressman Anthony Weiner discussed Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision to try to have his rival, Zephyr Teachout, knocked off September's primary ballot.

Kirsten Foy, Northeast Regional Director of the National Action Network, joined Inside City Hall to discuss the latest developments in the Eric Garner case and planned protest on Staten Island.

In paving the way for four Las Vegas-style resort casinos upstate, Albany lawmakers last year established a seven-year moratorium on casinos in the city and surrounding counties. The city nonetheless looms large in the process, however, and the possibility remains that casinos could eventually open shop here.

One of the southern most neighborhoods of the Bronx is going through a change. As NY1's Bronx Borough Reporter Erin Clarke tells us in the third part of our Bronx Week series, some say the predominantly industrial area of Port Morris will become the next Williamsburg.

A four-alarm fire in Hamilton Heights that claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl Monday night was accidentally caused by a power strip, investigators say.

June Thomas of Slate reports on newly released book titles and the world of publishing in The Book Reader.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan says a special grand jury is being convened to
assess evidence regarding circumstances of Eric Garner's death.

Today's recipe uses cornmeal and fresh corn to make small appetizer-size pancakes called "blinis," topped those with smoked salmon, sour cream and fresh dill.

With the school year beginning in less than two weeks, the mayor and schools chancellor offer some words of encouragement to pre-K teachers.

In his latest Sound Advice report, WFUV DJ Eric Holland talks with jazz musician Dr. Lonnie Smith about the latest album, a re-working of some of his earliest music.

The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada has been pumping out classic plays and musicals for decades.

A man wrongfully convicted of murdering a rabbi in Brooklyn gets a $10 million settlement from the city.

A new public service announcement from the state transportation department aims to better protect its workers.