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Josh Robin is a reporter and anchor at NY1.

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Cuomo, With Clinton at His Side, Crushes Foes on His Left

‘Some Issues’

With one eye on 2020, the two-term governor is using every tool at his disposal to derail a primary challenge.

Josh Robin | Published May 29, 2018

Cynthia Nixon Is Under Andrew Cuomo’s Skin

‘Punishment Is for God’

The deck is stacked in his favor, but he looks rattled early on.

Josh Robin | Published Apr 20, 2018

Schools Chief Dumps NYC Mayor, Live on TV

TOO GOOD

The education star who’d agreed to move north to run the nation’s biggest school system acted out his decision not to take the job at the event where he was expected to accept it.

Josh Robin | Published Mar 01, 2018

The Secret of New York City’s North Brother Island

ESCAPE

It housed drug-addicted teenagers and was where Typhoid Mary was kept. Island paradise it’s not, but North Brother Island is the most arrestingly unique spot in the five boroughs.

Josh Robin | Published Dec 29, 2017

Five Years After Sandy, Hurricane Defenses Are MIA

PROMISES, PROMISES

Multimillion-dollar flood protection systems for New York City were supposed to be in place by 2016. Take a guess at how many are finished.

Josh Robin | Published Oct 28, 2017

NYC’s Right-to-Shelter Homeless Problem

Cruel to Be Kind?

In Bill de Blasio’s New York, a renewed effort to keep a unique obligation to give every person shelter is struggling to keep pace with harsh economic realities.

Josh Robin | Published May 03, 2017

Get Angry: Breitbart Crosses Line, Again

ENOUGH!

It’s time to marshal more outrage at this creeping, numbing familiarity with obscene tribal slurs.

Josh Robin | Published Sep 29, 2016

Will NY Pols’ Sleaze Slime Hillary?

BAD COMPANIONS

Hillary Clinton has fended off charges of crooked and unethical dealings for years, and now she has to sidestep being swept into the troubles of Bill de Blasio and Andrew Cuomo.

Josh Robin | Published Jul 25, 2016

Bill de Blasio’s Horse Stable Stink

THE OLDEST SCANDAL

New York City’s mayor insists he’s just trying to do the right thing. The feds appear to have some questions about that.

Josh Robin | Published May 02, 2016

When the Only Crime Is Resisting Arrest

STOP RESISTING?

Two state lawmakers want to make resisting arrest a felony. They believe it would lower the chance of it happening. But opponents say resisting arrest charges are already dropping—and that the charge is already widely misused.

Josh Robin | Published Mar 29, 2015

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