Morning Reads: Silver’s Staying Power, Rebranding a Nursing Home, Old Timey Orchard Street

Sheldon Silver says he’ll “serve as the speaker as long as the members (of the Assembly) want (him) to serve as speaker.” (NY1).

An update on the mayor’s Seaport City scheme (Curbed).

“Bloom 62’s” publicists have been working overtime to sell the former Cabrini Nursing Home to a “hip, young crowd.” (EV Grieve).

A look at the pop-up Jack Kirby Museum on Delancey Street (Metro).

One more look at the two-day television shoot on Orchard Street; comparing the Hollywood version of the old LES vs. the real thing (Bowery Boys).

It’s not new, but comedian Michael Che’s take on Lower East Side gentrification is making the rounds again (Huff Post).