- Real estate deals on lower Bowery are coming fast and furious (Post).
- A major overhaul is in the works at the Standard East Village (EV Grieve).
- Basketball City preps for May opening (Villager).
- Henry Street Settlement’s annual gala raised about $1 million (WSJ).
- Governor Cuomo axes items from the state budget he believes to be “pork barrel spending,” including $3000 for the Tenement Museum (Daily News).
- Sheldon Silver prepares to pics a new Majority Leader and his office denies rumors that he has any plans to retire (Times Union, LoHud.com).
- The governor says he has a very good relationship with Shelly (Observer).
- Tensions rise between Chinatown businesses and street vendors (World Journal via Voices That Must Be Heard).
