–The City Council approves legislation aimed at preventing a repeat of the Rivington House fiasco. [Crain’s]
–City Council member Margaret Chin said before yesterday’s vote, “The broken process…left our community’s most vulnerable without the affordable, supportive home they desperately need. We are angry, and millions of other New Yorkers are too.” [Daily News]
–The State Attorney General says he is close to wrapping up his Rivington House investigation. [NY1]
–“First and foremost,” says Rohan Mehra of the Prusik Group, the Market Line at Essex Crossing will be, “a market for the local community, so as such there’s a great diversity in this community ethnically, socioeconomically and we’re going to hit all of that.” [NY1]
–A Community Board panel voted against a liquor license for Taqueria Diana at 69 Clinton St. [DNA Info]
–Erin Goldberger of “New Release” on Mulberry Street talks about her new gallery and the LES gallery scene. [Artinfo]
