- Girls Prep controversy: the DOE has 6 months to comply with a state ruling. The Borough President calls the Education Department’s decision to use its emergency powers a “brazen display of indifference.” (NYT)
- Looking ahead to today’s jobs report, Rep. Carolyn Maloney says a recovery is underway (Huffington Post).
- A lawyer representing 9/11 victims in a high profile lawsuit backs Maloney’s challenger (WSJ).
- From illegal hostel to pricey townhouse on East 7th Street (Curbed).
- Shakespeare in the Parking Lot reviewed (NYT).
- Dive bars beat upscale wine bars in city’s new health ratings (DNA Info).
- Bill Gray asks, “Is (the shuttered) Le Souk the most exclusive club in New York?” (Guest of a Guest, inspired by EV Grieve).
