Rent Increase Approved, Downplaying Redistricting, Painkiller’s Opening Delayed

Rent Guidelines Board approves increases in spite of spirited opposition (NYT).

Silver on redistricting: downplaying the role of politics in the reapportionment process (Daily News).

More on the mayor’s proposed cuts to after school programs (Gotham Gazette).

“Sardines in a can!” The growth of the J/M/Z train (Brooklyn Paper).

Painkiller officially opens Friday, not Today (Fork in the Road).