Attempted Abduction Caught on Tape, Koch Didn’t Mean to Upset Shelly’s Mom, Freemans Preview

  • Caught on tape: the attempted abduction of a 4-year old leads the 11 o’clock news (WABC).
  • More on the Bowery’s (new) real estate boom (Real Deal).
  • New York’s Congressional delegation, including Carolyn Maloney and Nydia Velazquez (LES reps) has acquired a lot of clout in recent elections.  That is, of course, in jeopardy on Tuesday (Crain’s).
  • “Consider this grim fact,” the Times says — “some of the (State) Legislature’s worst enablers — starting with the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver — have no opponent on the ballot (NYT).
  • Ed Koch says – in calling Silver a bum – he’s sorry about upsetting Shelly’s mom (Capitol Tonight).
  • Cars as sculpture at Salon 94 (NYT).
  • Freemans previews new second floor space (Eater).