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As part of NY1's "A Tale of Two Cities" series, NY1's Cheryl Wills reports on a multi-generational family who struggled through the winter with no heat, no hot water and broken elevators in their housing project, but who is hopeful that brighter days are ahead.

State Senator Adriano Espaillat, a candidate for Congress, joined Inside City Hall Wednesday to talk about his bid to unseat Rep. Charles Rangel and the increasingly heated rhetoric in the contest.

Police will be ramping up protection around mosques next week as the holy month of Ramadan starts, and dozens of Muslim leaders met with police officials Wednesday to discuss local and international issues.

A Brooklyn judge ruled Wednesday that an indictment stands for five Hasidic men accused of gang assault.

Three months after a deadly natural gas explosion in East Harlem, a new protocol for the New York City Fire Department is in place to prevent a repeat, a protocol that comes as focus is once again directed at the potentially dangerous problems that stem from aging pipes and wires beneath city streets.

Budget negotiations between the City Council and the mayor are heating up and sources tell NY1 a deal on the $74 billion plan could occur within days.

Brooklyn native Daniel Keyes, who wrote the influential novel "Flowers for Algernon," has died at the age of 86.

A Long Island man was arraigned Wednesday on several charges after a crash in May that killed a 9-year old girl.

The hit musical "Jersey Boys" is a now a movie. It's the story of the pop group Frankie Valli and The Four Seasona and it's directed by Clint Eastwood.

Police are investigating after a man was stabbed to death in the Corona section of Queens Tuesday night.

In Chelsea on Wednesday, bees swarmed a Starbucks on Ninth Avenue after coming from a building near Chelsea Market.

The city is giving the fire department more responsibility for investigating potential gas leaks following the deadly East Harlem building explosion in March.

As temperatures reached into the 90's Wednesday, air conditioners were cranking across the city while others headed out to Rockaway Beach for some fun in the sun.

As temperatures reached into the 90's Wednesday, air conditioners were cranking across the city while others headed out to Rockaway Beach for some fun in the sun.

NY1's weekly segment "Your Weekend Starts Now" shows entertaining picks for great things to do this weekend all around the city. NY1's Stephanie Simon filed the following report.

A missing child alert has been issued for a 9-year-old boy who was seen at the Boys Club of New York on 111th Street as recently as last Wednesday.

Though exercise and playing video games may seem like opposing activities, some new video games are exactly the thing that might get you moving.

Though exercise and playing video games may seem like opposing activities, some new video games are exactly the thing that might get you moving.

New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn has gotten the go-ahead for a major expansion, but not everyone is happy about it since it falls within the borough's largest historic district.

New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn has gotten the go-ahead for a major expansion, but not everyone is happy about it since it falls within the borough's largest historic district.