City Councilmember Rosie Mendez is among a group that will travel to Puerto Rico to meet with the family of Jorge Steven López Mercado, a gay teenager who was murdered. A benefit was held last night at the Nuyorican Poets Café.

Charter school opponents fight for the right to picket in front of Bloomie's home.

The New York Nights blog weighs in on changes at the State Liquor Authority, which it believes have "stirred up anger" among local community boards.

The Tenement Museum debuts its new Rear Yard exhibit.

"Kvelling over a matriarch of the Yiddish theater:" the Times looks back on the life of Eleanor Reissa. 

Time Out profiles drummer Chad Taylor, who's performing at the Abrons Arts Center Friday. 

Michael Malbon of Frank's Chop Shop on Essex Street is interviewed by the Post about Brad Pitt's beard. 

Keith McNally's new restaurant on the Bowery, Pulino's, is aiming for a February opening. Yesterday chef Nate Appleman tweeted, "My stomach is very full, but happy from testing pizza dough all day."