–Prosecutors in Sheldon Silver’s retrial show jurors an email from star witness, Dr. Robert Taub, in which he wrote that the former speaker was, “very good at getting people to owe him. But if he says he will deliver, he does.” Under cross-examination, however, Taub said he did not expect anything in return after sending cancer patients to Silver’s law firm. [AM NY]
–Another take on Taub’s testimony. [New York Post]
–Advocates and City Council member Margaret Chin urge the mayor to end his e-bike crackdown. [Streetsblog]
–“Suddenly, Bill de Blasio has come to own NYCHA—and its many flaws and needs—more than any other recent mayor.” [City Limits]
–A survey of empty corner storefronts on Avenue A. [EV Grieve]
