Heart of the City Gala

Emmy-award winning journalist Michael Gargiulo is co-anchor of NBC 4 New York’s "Today in New York" on weekday mornings from 4:00 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Gargiulo has a special interest in military affairs and earned an Emmy award for his reporting from Iraq and Kuwait. He also was one of the last reporters to be embedded with a U.S. military unit in Afghanistan before the end of combat operations there.

A native New Yorker and Eagle Scout, Gargiulo is a graduate of Xavier High School and New York University, though his career began at WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. Before coming home to New York and WNBC in 2006, he reported for WYOU in Scranton, WLKY in Louisville, KSTP in Minneapolis, Hearst Argyle Washington Bureau, and WTTG in Washington.

Gargiulo lives in Westchester with his wife and two children and serves as the host of many community events, particularly those helping food banks and homeless relief programs.