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Fall out over the cover of the July issue of The New Yorker magazine continues.

The magazine's editor, David Remnick, says the caricatures of Barack and Michelle Obama were meant to satirize the racist attacks and misinformation against the couple.

But State Senator Bill Perkins says he doesn't think it's funny.

PERKINS: It ...

New Yorkers no longer need to head into Manhattan to get cheap, day-of tickets to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. A new TKTS booth opened today at MetroTech in Downtown Brooklyn.

HONG: I’m going to get tickets to Hairspary, hopefully. And now I can come to downtown Brooklyn and get tickets. I’m ...

Johnny Pacheco performs in the Bronx tonight at Crotona Park as part of the free concert programs offered by the City Parks Foundation.

REPORTER: The foundation's director, David Rival, says the 110-year-old Crotona Park is a well kept secret in the Bronx that has come a long way since it fell ...

The Health Department is expanding its effort to get fresh fruits and vegetables into the hands of more New Yorkers.

They introduced $2 health bucks — vouchers worth $2.

The bucks will be made available for low income residents in the South Bronx, north and central Brooklyn and east and central Harlem. ...

For the third day, the metropolitan area has been gripped by high heat and humidity, and New Yorkers are looking for ways to stay cool. Con Ed is reporting scattered power outages; some schools released their pupils early, because of stifling classrooms.

REPORTER: Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues to urge New Yorkers ...