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Carol Fitzgerald founded the Book Reporter website for book lovers in 1996
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Carol Fitzgerald founded the Book Reporter website for book lovers in 1996
When the internet was young, and long before Booktok and Bookstagram, Fitzgerald started Bookreporter in 1996, and it's still going strong. CBS News New York's Mary Calvi reports.
Over the past several weeks, Paws of War team members have traveled to the Middle East to rescue dogs and bring them back to the United States.
A 16-year-old is trying to stay hopeful as he recovers from a stray bullet shooting that happened at a Brooklyn bus stop over the weekend.
Police say an employee at a Staten Island supermarket started a fire in the store the day before Thanksgiving.
A rally was held in Queens on Wednesday calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to lower the cost of utilities.
The MTA is set to unveil a new high-tech system for catching people who don't pay.
If you experience housing discrimination in New York City, you can complain to the Commission on Human Rights. But a new report finds those cases drag on for years, which can put tenants at risk.
James Solomon easily won the race to become Jersey City's next mayor and Emily Jabbour beat the son of a former popular mayor to take the helm in Hoboken.
A teenage basketball player is trying to stay hopeful as he recovers from a stray bullet shooting that happened at a Brooklyn bus stop over the weekend. He spoke to CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram from his hospital bed.
As CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports, this crime is not the only one the 45-year-old is accused of committing over the last two years.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has said he'd like to get rid of mayoral control of the school system, so what does that mean for current Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos?
CBS News New York's Lonnie Quinn says a light dusting of snow is possible in parts of the Tri-State Area on Friday night.
CBS News New York's Nick Caloway has more on Zaiden McDonald's big day.
Three straight New York City mayors selected their own schools chancellor when they took office, but all three were operating under mayoral control, something Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has said he'd like to eliminate. So should the current chancellor, Melissa Aviles-Ramos, keep her job? She spoke to CBS News New York education reporter Doug Williams about her future.
In New York alone, there have already been more than 17,000 flu cases and nearly 1,000 hospitalizations, and doctors anticipate it's only going to get worse as more people gather for the holidays.
Club Calvi gets the scoop from bestselling authors James Patterson and Mike Lupica about the third book in their "Jane Smith Thriller" series.
Mary Calvi talks to author Delia Pitts about her new book "Death of an Ex," the sequel to the Club Calvi FicPick "Trouble In Queenstown."
Mary Calvi talks to Liv Constantine, co-author of "The Next Mrs. Parrish," a Club Calvi Readers' Choice in 2024, about her new book "Don't Open Your Eyes"
The Club Calvi Book Club's Top 3 FicPicks were "Sleep" by Honor Jones, "Aftertaste" by Daria Lavelle and "The Doorman" by Chris Pavone.
This month's choices were: "Sleep" by Honor Jones, "Aftertaste" by Daria Lavelle and "The Doorman" by Chris Pavone.
"Along Came Amor" is the final book in Alexis Daria's "Primas of Power" romance series about three cousins originally from the Bronx.
Mary Calvi talks to bestselling author Annabel Monaghan about her new book "It's a Love Story"
Club Calvi is spotlighting a new young adult romantic comedy book by bestselling author Tia Williams.
"Didn't You Used to Be Queenie B?" by Terri-Lynne DeFino is the new Readers' Choice for the CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi.