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Errol Louis, host of "Inside City Hall" on NY1, discusses the legacy of Edolphos Towns, who announced he will not be running for his 16th term, and the generation shift in Brooklyn politics.

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Errol Louis, host of NY1’s “Inside City Hall,” joins us to talk about Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address.

Errol Louis, host of "Inside City Hall" on NY1 and co-editor of Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns, and Karen Frillmann, WNYC News managing editor, talk about the top local stories of 2011. 

Errol Louis, host of "Inside City Hall" on NY1, John Avlon, senior political columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and Jesse Angelo, editor-in-chief of The Daily and executive editor of the New York Post, all co-editors of Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns, discuss the influence of the newspaper column on America's culture and history.

On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo proposed a $132.9 billion budget with a promise to cut spending. Errol Louis, host of NY1's Inside City Hall joins Azi Paybarah, WNYC political reporter and author of The Empire blog, to give us a closer look.

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New York has a new Governor. Celeste Katz, writer for the Daily Politics blog at the New York Daily News; Errol Louis, host of NY1's Inside City Hall; Stephen Madarasz, director of communication at the Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000; and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. react to Governor Cuomo's inauguration speech and discuss what's ahead for the governor in 2011. Then Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino weighs in on how his county may be affected during Governor Cuomo's term.

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Errol Louis, new host of NY1's Inside City Hall, and WNYC reporters Azi Paybarah and Bob Hennelly, discuss the predictions for the election results.