Morning Reads: Danny Chen’s Tormenter, Silver’s Dollars, Bookstore Crowdfunding

  • Another soldier says he was the victim of race-based hazing by Sgt. Adam Holcomb, who’s on trial for his role in the death of Army Private Danny Chen (Daily News).
  • The Associated Press looks at how Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is investing his campaign war chest (Times Union).
  • A fight breaks out at “confrontation corner.” (Post)
  • Members of the City Council want the NYPD to investigate more traffic accidents (Observer).
  • The St. Mark’s Bookshop turns to crowdfunding to pay for its move to a smaller space (Crain’s).
  • One proposal to reactivate the neighborhood’s many empty lots and stalled construction sites (The Local EV).
  • For two women, an exhibit on local Puerto Rican history at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center is very personal (Feet in 2 Worlds).
  • Paul Weller talks about playing CBGB, uh, the John Varvatos store on the Bowery (Rolling Stone).