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

June 8th

No injures were reported after a fire broke out in the basement of a TGI Friday's near Rockefeller Center Friday night.

Downtown Flushing has become so popular among Asians and tourists from all over the world that many now refer to it as the new Chinatown.

A local lawmaker is pushing to extend foreclosure protections in the state as a new report shows the city's foreclosures overwhelmingly come from minority neighborhoods.

Straphangers riding on the F line through Gowanus may no longer see one familiar sight on their commute, as according to City Council Member Brad Lander, the eight-story Kentile Floors sign on 9th Street is set to be demolished. A permit recently attached to the building calls for the

The Inside City Hall Reporters Roundtable - Andrea Bernstein from WNYC Radio, Capital New York's Azi Paybarah, Erin Durkin from the New York Daily News and Jonathan Lemire from the Associated Press - looked back at the impact of the wild Working Families party Convention on Governor Cuomo's reelection campaign.

Michael Waldman, the president of NYU's Brennan Center for Justice and author of "The Second Amendment: A Biography," joined Inside City Hall to discuss the history of one of the most divisive and confusing sentences in the Constitution.

In the wake of a wild Working Families Party convention in which Governor Andrew Cuomo had to work hard to win the third party's nomination, Columbia Law School Professor Richard Briffault joined Inside City Hall to discuss the history of minor parties in the state and how they evolved into their present form.

In a move that would spotlight his home borough, Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing Brooklyn's Barclays Center to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

A child was seriously hurt after being struck by a vehicle near Fulton Street and Utica Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn early Friday evening.

NY1 first met our latest New Yorker of the Week two years ago, when she launched an arts program to help teenagers avoid jail time, and since then, she's helped dozens of her fellow New Yorkers.

Mostly a background issue before, the heated topic of race dominated the first televised debate with Rep. Charles Rangel and his top two challengers, which left Rangel defending his charged remarks and his main opponent responding that the longtime elected official was trying to save his job by dividing New Yorkers.

A ceremony on Liberty Island paid tribute to the troops who lost their lives and those who survived on the 70th anniversary of the invasion by Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy, France, known as D-Day.

State Senator Adriano Espaillat has gotten all the attention as Rep. Charles Rangel's chief rival, but there is another man running for the seat, and it's possible he could play a big role in determining who wins.

Police have arrested a man who they say shot his own mother in the back in her Manhattan apartment.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is dropping the city's suit against the prevailing wage law, which requires businesses receiving $1 million or more in aid from the city to pay their workers higher than the state minimum.

As excitement builds for Saturday's 146th running of the Belmont Stakes and the potential for the first Triple Crown winner in 36 years, the MTA is extending bus routes and adding extra LIRR trains to bring spectators to and from the track.

A veteran of D-Day was honored Friday at Beth Israel Hospital on the 70th Anniversary of the invasion.

Residents of one Staten Island community hit hard by Hurricane Sandy want to know what's being done about an abandoned home they say is an eyesore and safety hazard.