Morning Reads: NYCHA Police Payments Nixed, Basquiat Exhibition, Clothing Swap

The mayor announces he’s ending the practice of requiring NYCHA to pay for police protection (Daily News).

A big residential building on East 3rd Street has been listed for $38 million (EV Grieve).

A group of Grand Street residents has opened their closets to create a neighborly clothing swap (Post).

Christie’s has announced a “blockbuster” exhibition featuring 50 works from Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Lower East Side apartment (artlyst).

Book Review: Novelist Alice Hoffman’s “The Museum of Extraordinary Things.” (Tablet)