–Landlords are set to ask the Rent Guidelines Board for increases of 4% and 7% at a hearing later today. [New York Post]
–The Rent Guidelines Board has scheduled its preliminary vote for this evening. Tenant activists will be there in force. [Facebook]
–One juror in Sheldon Silver’s retrial has been dismissed due to a family issue. Two other jurors could be dismissed before the trial begins on Monday. [New York Post]
–A federal judge is raising the possibility that the mayor will have to be deposed in a lawsuit filed by a former city official. That ex-employee, Ricardo Morales, is linked to the Rivington House scandal. [Daily News]
–Gothamist is back this morning! The first in-depth piece digs into the city’s war on e-bikes, which has hit immigrant delivery workers hard. [Gothamist]
–Cherche Medi’s space on the Bowery is now on the market. Keith McNally’s restaurant is expected to close in early June. [EV Grieve]
–Y7, a hip hop yoga studio, has leased a space at 250 East Houston St. [Commercial Observer]
–Metro Focus profiles the Cornelia Connelly Center, “a gem of the Lower East Side.” [WLIW]
