Police are investigating the attacks on five Asian women in the past 10 days in the area surrounding the Williamsburg Bridge. The attacks are being considered hate crimes (WCBS).
General Growth Properties, emerging from bankruptcy, wants to resurrect its plan to redevelop the South Street Seaport (Downtown Express).
The City Council urges the mayor to adopt a more “selective budget cutting strategy.” (Gotham Gazette).
The Council will hold a hearing on a bill to curb tour bus noise. Some residents are unhappy the new regulations wouldn’t take effect to 2022 (AM New York).