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Weiner Participates In First Mayoral Forum

There have already been dozens of forums and debates in this year's race for mayor, but tonight's was the first to feature the newest entrant in the race, former Rep. Anthony Weiner. | Read New Yorkers' thoughts.

05/23/2013 10:37 PM

Obama Directs Feds To Pick Up More Of New York's Public Sandy Relief Tab

President Barack Obama modified on Thursday his disaster declaration for New York State following Hurricane Sandy so that the federal government will now pick up 90 percent of costs for public assistance projects resulting from the storm.

Updated 05/23/2013 10:20 PM

Police Commissioner Testifies At City Council Public Safety Committee Budget Hearing

Usually, when the police commissioner sits before the City Council's Public Safety Committee, there's a heated exchange, but that wasn't the case Thursday, as Ray Kelly testified about the budget for the last time during the Bloomberg administration.

Updated 05/23/2013 07:38 PM

Weiner's Former Congressional Colleagues Quiet About His Mayoral Run

As Anthony Weiner tries to win back the support of New Yorkers, it appears he has his work cut out for him with his former colleagues.

05/23/2013 07:18 PM

Weiner Begins Campaign Stumps In Harlem

A day after he announced he would be running for mayor via YouTube video, Anthony Weiner was out early Thursday greeting commuters at 125th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem.

Updated 05/23/2013 07:02 PM

Obama Defends Drone Attacks In War On Terror

President Barack Obama defended the use of drone attacks against individual terrorists in a Thursday speech on counter-terrorism, saying his administration informs Congress about every drone strike ordered by U.S. officials.

Updated 05/23/2013 06:43 PM

A Brave New ItCH For A Rich And Strange Election Year

Bob Hardt's Political ItCH gets a makeover in a post-Sandy, Twitter-fueled world.

Updated 05/23/2013 11:00 AM

NY1 Online: Film Documents Hot Wind On Cape Cod

The Road to City Hall's Errol Louis discussed the new documentary "Cape Spin", about the battle to build a wind farm along Cape Cod's Nantucket Sound, with John Kirby, one of the film's directors, and Phil Warburg, the author of the book "Harvest the Wind...America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability".

05/23/2013 09:15 PM

NY1 Online: Firefighters Union Won't Back Weiner

The Road to City Hall's Errol Louis spoke with Uniformed Firefighters Association President Stephen Cassidy about his claim that the FDNY is faking response times and whether his union will back Anthony Weiner for mayor.

05/23/2013 09:10 PM

NY1 Online: Website Reveals Candidates' Stances On Schools

The Road to City Hall’s Errol Louis explored www.gothamschools.org with Managing Editor Philissa Cramera. The site reveals where the candidates for mayor stand on the issues affecting schools.

05/23/2013 09:07 PM

NY1 Online: Secretary To Gov. Cuomo Talks Tax Breaks, DREAM Act

The Road to City Hall's Errol Louis asked Larry Schwartz, Secretary to Governor Andrew Cuomo, about the Governor’s newly proposed tax breaks and the status of the DREAM Act in New York State.

05/23/2013 09:03 PM

NY1 Online: Breaking Down A Historic Real Estate Mega Deal

The Road to City Hall's Josh Robin asked Charles Bagli, who covers real estate and politics for The New York Times, about the 2006 sale of Stuyvesant Town for $6.3 billion, which he wrote about in "Other People's Money: Inside the Housing Crisis and the Demise of the Greatest Real Estate Deal Ever Made."

05/22/2013 08:29 PM

NY1 Online: Analyzing Anthony Weiner's New Campaign

The Road to City Hall's Josh Robin discussed Anthony Weiner's new campaign for mayor with Mark Benoit, Weiner's 2005 mayoral campaign manager, Basil Smikle, a former Weiner political strategist, and Joyce Purnick, author of a biography of the current mayor, "Mike Bloomberg; Money, Power, Politics".

05/22/2013 08:23 PM

NY1 Online: Wiseguys Advise Bloomberg On Maintaining His Legacy

The Road to City Hall's Errol Louis asked the NY1 Wise Guys, joined by former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., if Mayor Michael Bloomberg is too defensive of his policies.

05/21/2013 09:55 PM

NY1 Online: GOP Chairman Calls For Special Prosecutor

The Road to City Hall’s Errol Louis asked State Republican Chairman Ed Cox why he wants a special prosecutor to investigate how the state assembly dealt with the Vito Lopez scandal.

05/21/2013 09:50 PM

NY1 Online: Chancellor Talks Assessment Of Mayor Candidates

The Road to City Hall's Errol Louis spoke with Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott about his critical assessment of the Democratic candidates for mayor; Walcott said he would appear at with any candidate who supported the current school policies.

05/21/2013 09:47 PM

NY1 Online: Examining Sexual Harassment Concerns

The Road to City Hall's Errol Louis discussed what lessons can be learned from the sexual harassment allegations that led to the resignation of Vito Lopez with Sonia Ossorio, the president of the National Organization for Women's New York City chapter, and Elizabeth Schneider, a professor at Brooklyn Law School.