Morning Reads: South Street Safety, Gary Barnett Profile, Defending Schiller’s Liquor Bar

During a hearing on the city’s new 25 mph slow zones, City Council member Margaret Chin asked the DOT to reduce the speed limit on South Street (Streetsblog).

Does New York’s new tenant protection law have teeth? (City Limits).

Everything you always wanted to know about real estate mogul Gary Barnett (Businessweek).

A look at the continuing tuition battle at Cooper Union (Gothamist).

Someone’s got to stick up for poor, beleaguered Schiller’s Liquor Bar (Eater).