- Politicians continue to fight for the reopening of Park Row; NYPD continues to ignore them (Downtown Express).
- The body of LES resident Kong Huang was found in the East River yesterday; police said he suffered from Alzheimers (DNA Info).
- Vice President Joe Biden appears with Rep. Carolyn Maloney at $500 a plate fundraiser; “I had a very nasty campaign and it was great to win with 81 percent of the vote,” Maloney gloated in referencing her trouncing of 2010 Democratic Primary challenger Reshma Saujani (Observer).
- “Godfather” Sheldon Silver moves to prevent a turf war among the city’s five Democratic party organizations (Daily News).
- Giving voice to the homeless via Twitter (NYT).
- Scorsese’s Little Italy; today’s empathy gap (Jeremiah).
- Coyote Ugly is open again (EV Grieve).
- Beauty & Essex: “bouncers, glamour and a hint of subterfuge.” (NYT)
