- Facing a Wednesday deadline, Senate Republicans offer a short-term rent law extender (Daily News).
- As the rent battle escalates, tenant advocates say Governor Cuomo has few opportunities left to “establish his credibility as a Democrat.” (Gotham Gazette)
- Another Karl Fischer-designed condo building is planned for the Bowery (Observer).
- A Buddhist nun is arrested on Canal Street for selling beads (DNA Info).
- Bees swarm in Chinatown (NY1).
- Feds say they need more authority to pull bad intercity bus operators off the road (AP/WSJ).
- Once again the Chinatown Working Group can’t muster a quorum (Our Chinatown).
- The Tao of 9 Second Avenue, a documentary film, offers a window into the neighborhood’s rich cultural past (Jeremiah).
