Sep 24, 2026
Sam Roberts is a longtime New York urban affairs journalist and an obituary writer for The New York Times. His new book, "Are They Dead Yet? The Art of the Obit" chronicles the craft of writing obituaries and the stories behind them.
Roberts joined NY1's Errol Louis to discuss the differences between obituary writing...
Sep 17, 2026
Hundreds of judges sit on the bench in New York City, deciding the fate of criminal defendants. But how did they get their jobs in the first place? It’s a surprisingly complicated question that NY1 investigative reporter Courtney Gross explores in her special series, “Building the Bench.” She examined how local...
Sep 10, 2026
Republican candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman joined NY1’s Errol Louis to discuss why he believes New Yorkers are “miserable” under Gov. Kathy Hochul, pointing to high taxes, rising electric bills, the state’s economic outlook, the loss of residents and businesses and billions of dollars spent on asylum...
Sep 3, 2026
It's been 25 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. NY1 is marking the anniversary in a variety of ways, including a special episode of "You Decide" in which Errol Louis was joined by two longtime NY1 journalists who covered the attacks that day: Pat Kiernan and Cheryl Wills.
Kiernan recalled learning that the...