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Pataki portrait in Albany

Former Governor George Pataki is now a permanent fixture in Albany. A portrait of the Republican will hang in the Hall of Governors. Current Governor David Paterson, a Democrat, joined Pataki for the ...

Bill Thompson at a Bronx Fair

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson is taking Mayor Bloomberg to task for supporting development plans that he says have created too many luxury apartments and not enough ...

Yankee Stadium

For the first time since 1962, New York will host a college bowl game. A Big 12 and Big East football match-up will come to Yankee Stadium at the end of December next year. City officials expect ...

Tonight and tomorrow the lights will be red and yellow. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Critics of China's communist government are rallying outside the Empire State Building, ...

The The city's Office of Emergency Management says that a planned natural gas release may cause a citrus smell in neighborhoods in upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

On Tuesday morning, a utility company will conduct a routine, ...

As Mayor Bloomberg campaigns for a third term largely on his record of economic development, his Democratic opponent Bill Thompson says ordinary New Yorkers have been left out of the decision-making process. Whether the city's use of eminent domain for economic development is unfair was up for debate today as ...

New York State will move a step closer this week to opening up the Catskills and the Southern Tier to natural gas drilling, as a key environmental assessment is made public. WNYC's Ilya Marritz explains.

REPORTER: Property owners, energy companies and environmentalists have been waiting more than a ...

Tomorrow it will be up to the City's Democrats to make the final pick of candidates for Comptroller and Public Advocate. In the two weeks since the current field emerged, the tone of both contests has became more bitter and combative. WNYC's Bob Hennelly and Soterios Johnson discuss the election.

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The movie "Manhatta" was released back in 1920. It was a silent, black and white film, only six minutes long, with ground-breaking photography that captured the rapidly expanding metropolis. Now, almost 90 years later, two filmmakers have created a modern homage to "Manhatta" that showcases their own bustling city just ...

In their last debate before Tuesday's run-off election, the two remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination for City Comptroller faced off last night. Councilmen David Yassky and John Liu were cordial, but they clashed sharply on issues from term limits to each other's integrity.

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The two remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination for New York City Public Advocate faced off in one last debate last night, and it was a contentious one. The debate began with Mark Green and Bill de Blasio accusing each ...

New York is full of all kinds of people, but that's especially true during the United Nations General Assembly. And nowhere more than between the barricades at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. WNYC's Marianne McCune filed this report.

Around noon on Wednesday, the line of protesters included defenders of ...

Matt Latimer, a former speechwriter to President George W. Bush, gives a rare behind-the-scenes account of his years on Capitol Hill in Speech-less.

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E. L. Doctorow talks with Leonard Lopate about his latest novel, Homer & Langley, a sweeping narrative about the Collyer Brothers.

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Governor Paterson says observers are misinterpreting the body language and facial expressions that were on display at his meeting yesterday with President Obama.

"Someone says he turned his back on the press because he didn't want them to see him hug me. But I was facing the press. ...

President Barack Obama (L) greets New York Gov. David Paterson before speaking at Hudson Valley Community College on September 21, 2009 in Troy, New York (Getty).

Former state leaders are criticizing President Obama for interfering in New York's gubernatorial politics. Over the weekend, Governor Paterson had to respond to published reports that President Obama had 'lost confidence' in Paterson's ability to win the next election. Former Governor George Pataki says the president is overstepping his bounds.

'To weaken and undermine the governor beyond the weakness that already exists at a time when he will be the governor for the next 15 months, to me just doesn't serve the interest of the state, doesn't serve the interest of the country.'

And former State Comptroller Carl McCall agrees. He says especially during the fiscal crisis Paterson needs everyone's support.

'We've all got to get behind David Paterson because of the job that he has to do. At some point when we get these big issues behind us, we should come together and decide who is the best person to lead the Democratic party.'

The governor and the president were upstate together at an event in Troy, New York today. Obama referred to Paterson as a 'wonderful man' in his speech.

Host Jesse Thorn and his guests performed live to a sold-out crowd in The Jerome L. Greene Space Friday night. Guests included rock star Andrew WK, Scott Adsit from 30 Rock, singer Nellie McKay, comedian Kumail Nanjani and director Rik Cordero.

Jesse Thorn introduces stand up Comedian Kumali Nanjiani:

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Governor Paterson says he is staying in the 2010 governor's race, despite reports of rising pressure from Democrats for him to drop out. Paterson is reportedly facing pressure from Washington and within New York to forego a run, out ...

On September 20, 1973, Billy Jean King beat Bobby Riggs 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 in a match dubbed, "The Battle of the Sexes."

(L-R) Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson, actress Uma Thurman, singer Cyndi ...