Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include the popular Peppermint Pig candy from Sarasota Springs; Christmas in areas hit hard by Hurricane Sandy; and a finback whale that washed ashore in Breezy Point.
This weekend on “The New York Times Close Up,†an inside look at the most compelling articles in Sunday's Times, Sam Roberts will speak with The Times's Floyd Norris, Cly de Haberman, Jeffrey Henson Scales and Margaret Sullivan, the public editor. Also appearing, Harold Holzer. Tune in at 10 p.m. Saturday or 10 a.m. Sunday on NY1 News to watch.
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