Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include the death of former Mayor Edward I. Koch, repairs to the Rockaway Boardwalk, and an increase in the number of rats in New York City since Hurricane Sandy.
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 David Chen, Eleanor Randolph, Clyde Haberman and Thmas Kaplan. Also, Jonathan Lippman, New York State’s chief judge. Tune in at 10 p.m. Saturday or 10 a.m. Sunday on NY1 News to watch.
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