Morning Reads: Funding For East River Beach, “High End Cafe” Planned in Former Synagogue, MMA Fighter vs. Shelly Silver

$7 million has been set aside for a new beach and recreational area near the Brooklyn Bridge (Daily News).

A former synagogue at 70 Hester St., which was sold last year, is getting a “high end cafe” on the ground floor and now brokers are in search of a second floor tenant (Observer).

Sheldon Silver makes an appointment to the state ethics board (Daily News).

MMA fighter Ronda Rousey is really steamed at Shelly Silver (ESPN).

More press for Sel Rrose, the new cocktail bar on the Bowery (WSJ).