–A year before it was sold to a luxury developer, the city’s Human Resources Administration was inquiring about the future of Rivington House. The new revelations suggest that some people in the de Blasio administration were at least exploring the notion of using the shuttered facility for affordable housing or for some other community benefit. [Politico New York]
–Both Lower East Side representatives – Nydia Velazquez and Carolyn Maloney – were victorious in yesterday’s Democratic Primary. [New York Times]
–Reverend Jen and her troll museum are evicted. [Gothamist]
–Phil Parker, a social worker who helped homeless alcoholics, died at the age of 86. [New York Times]
–More on Baby Brasa, the Peruvian chicken restaurant that just opened on Allen Street. [Eater]
