Morning Reads: Chinatown Skin Infection Outbreak, Hotel Review Proposal, Scaffold Law

By
Ed Litvak
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The number of cases of that rare skin disease from people handling raw seafood in Chinatown is growing (WNBC).

The Real Estate Board of New York says giving community boards a voice in deciding when and where hotels can be built would “undermine the city’s ability to grow organically and flexibly.” (NY1)

Business groups want to change New York’s scaffold law, a move Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver opposes (Daily News).

The mayor will name a new chairman of the Economic Development Corp. today (NYT).

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has an 8-day retrospective of Jim Jarmusch, the LES-based filmmaker (EV Grieve).

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