A healthy measure of skepticism about the MTA’s public hearings: “Politicians posture; commissioners stonewall. And more often than not, the policy goes ahead exactly as planned.” (NYT)
A troubled bike shop on East 6th Street reopens (NYT).
Sheldon Silver and Julie Menin: downtown needs a world class arts center (Post).
Pain d’Avignon, the new bakery in the Essex Street Market, gets some more press (NYT).
The Voice puts the one dollar slice at 2 Bros. Pizza to the test (Village Voice).
Another empty storefront on Orchard Street (Bowery Boogie).