Veteran newsman Dominic Carter has been described as the best political reporter working in New York television today. In 2008 he was the first TV journalist in the country to interview Caroline Kennedy after she revealed her interest in running for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat – an interview that made headlines throughout the world.

A fixture at NY1 since the newschannel launched in 1992, Dominic has made numerous guest appearances on national talk shows including "Face the Nation" on CBS and MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews." Carter has also released a book on his life, titled "No Momma's Boy," in which he chronicles his triumphant struggle to overcome his mother's mental illness while growing up in a Bronx housing project.

As the host of NY1's nightly political show, "Inside City Hall," Carter has handled some of the station's most challenging assignments and has interviewed every major political player in the state, as well as many national and international leaders. He covered Barack Obama's historic road to the presidency, following Obama through three critical battleground states. Carter reported live from Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, and was on the field live at Invesco Stadium in Denver when Obama accepted his party's nomination before 84,000 people.

In 2006 Carter received widespread acclaim for his role as the moderator of series of state-wide debates for governor, U.S. Senator and state attorney general. During the first debate with Senator Hillary Clinton, he again made international headlines when Clinton said for the first time that she was thinking about running for president.

His numerous exclusive interviews include former President Bill Clinton, the late John Cardinal O'Conner and the parents of police-brutality victim Amadou Diallo. As a radio reporter he conducted an exclusive interview with Nelson Mandela during Mandela’s historic visit to the United States — an interview he conducted as thousands of journalists from around the country pursued the South African president.

The NY1 stalwart has also reported extensively from abroad. In 1993 he was the only television journalist in Japan with then-Mayor David Dinkins at the time of the first World Trade Center terrorist bombing, and broadcast live back in New York from Japan. He twice traveled to Israel to cover visits to the region by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Mayor Michael Bloomberg; he has reported on the famine from Somalia; and he has spent time in the Persian Gulf.

Carter has appeared on the cover of The New York Times TV Guide, which called the veteran journalist "a force to be reckoned with." He has also been profiled in the Washington Post, New York Magazine and the New York Post, and New York Daily News among many others. Carter has also been a guest on CNN, and the Fox News Channel.

Carter received a B.A. in journalism from the State University of New York at Cortland, then attended graduate school at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications before starting his career in radio. He has received an Honorary Doctorate degree from the City University of New York and his career has even been honored by the food chain McDonalds in a photo campaign.

As a youngster growing up in the Bronx, Carter was involved with the Police Athletic League, and today is proud to call himself a PAL kid. In his free time he often speaks to youth groups about the importance of education and achievement. He has received the Samuel P. Peabody Award from the Citizens' Committee for Children, for his vision, innovation and dedication to children and families.

“No Momma's Boy,” his memoir, was released to critical acclaim. Newsday said, "No TV anchor has ever produced a memoir as grippingly honest as this." The book is available at Barnes and Noble stores and online at barnesandnoble.com, and the book website at nomommasboy.com.