- Murders are up 17% in New York compared with one year ago (Runnin’ Scared).
- Sheldon Silver has a supporting role in Rick Lazio’s latest commercial slamming Andrew Cuomo for attending Charlie Rangel’s birthday bash (Observer).
- Michael Bloomberg questions an exemption built into the Charter Commission’s term limits ballot proposal (WSJ).
- A former employee of the Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development enters a guilty plea — admits selling Section 8 housing vouchers in 2008, and pocketing the cash (Post).
- State Liquor Authority says outsourcing will make it more efficient (Grub Street).
- Hundreds of students will be deployed this weekend to clean up Chinatown (DNA Info).
