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Dozens Of City Churches Hold Final Services In Public School Buildings

More than 50 churches around the city held their final services inside public school buildings on Sunday, as the Bloomberg administration plans to start enforcing a court decision banning churches from using schools for religious worship.

Updated 5:32 PM

Archbishop Dolan Travels To Rome To Become A Cardinal

New York Archbishop and Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan is in Rome, where he will spend the week before being elevated to cardinal at the Vatican on Saturday. | NY1 has a crew in Rome and will have extensive coverage all week long.

Updated 5:31 PM

Hit-And-Run Driver Kills Woman In The Bronx

Police were searching Sunday for a driver of a tan Mazda who hit a woman in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx and then took off late Saturday.

Updated 5:29 PM

Light Snowfall Brings Wet Conditions, Little Accumulation

Department of Sanitation workers were prepared for up to three inches of snow Saturday, but there was little accumulation as flurries fell.

Updated 02/11/2012 04:52 PM

Pressure Mounts As Bronx DA Investigates Shooting Of Unarmed Man, Police Beating

Reverend Al Sharpton and the family of police shooting victim Ramarley Graham say they plan to rally outside of Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson’s office Monday, but Johnson says he won't be pressured by the community or the police. | View the full interview with Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson.

Updated 02/10/2012 11:02 PM

Victim Of Taped Police Beating Speaks Out As Lawyers Urge State Probe

The 19-year-old Bronx man whose videotaped arrest has raised allegations of police brutality was joined by family members and supporters Thursday, and they called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to have the case handled by the state attorney general.

Updated 02/09/2012 09:55 PM

NYC Opera Sounds Opening Notes Of 2012 Season

Arts

Weeks after a labor lockout threatened its future, the New York City Opera began its 2012 season Sunday with a performance of "La Traviata" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Shuttered School Building To Be Reborn As Affordable East Harlem Housing

Real Estate

A long-abandoned school building in East Harlem is getting a massive makeover and will offer in a couple of years affordable housing, artists' workspaces and spaces for community organizations.