Morning Reads: Con Ed Criticism, Sandy Second Guessing, Anti-Silver PAC

  • Cuomo: Con Ed and other utilities have “not performed adequately.” (Daily News).
  • Tenants at Campos Plaza are still struggling after Sandy (WNYC).
  • Some residents say leaders of the Lower East Side’s Jewish community were AWOL during the hurricane (Failed Messiah).
  • A school custodian talks about his role as manager of the Seward Park shelter that housed more than a thousand people during the hurricane (Daily Beast).
  • A PAC has been formed to coordinate efforts to block Sheldon Silver’s re-election as Assembly Speaker next year (Post).
  • An update on “Alphabet Plaza,” the long delayed residential and commercial project coming to Avenue D (EV Grieve).