- The verdict will be announced today in the trial of the driver who was at the wheel when a casino bus crashed in the Bronx last year, killing 15 Chinatown residents (Post).
- For the first time Mayor Bloomberg suggested dunes and/or levees could be used to protect areas of the city vulnerable to flooding due to future hurricanes. He did not, however, offer any specifics about location, cost or timetable (NYT).
- An $11 million lawsuit has been filed against a Chinatown developer accused of precipitating the displacement of tenants at 128 Hester Street, next door to the newly opened Wyndham Garden Hotel (Villager).
- Two people were arrested in connection with a Thanksgiving weekend stabbing on the Lower East Side (The Local).
- The retail listing for Jupiter 21, the luxury building where the Mars Bar once stood, is now online (EV Grieve).
