Cyclist Crackdown, Avalon Bay Settles, A Balkan Bistro

  • The city cracks down on cyclists (NYT).
  • Federal prosecutors and the owner of the Avalon Chrystie Bay apartments agree to settle a lawsuit over access for disabled residents. The settlement has shaken the New York real estate industry (WSJ).
  • Judge approves bankruptcy exit plan for General Growth Properties, owner of the South Street Seaport (Crain’s).
  • Elected officials, residents tell the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. how they’d like to see $158 million spent (DNA Info).

  • Sheldon Silver, Daniel Squadron, Margaret Chin rally around Tom DiNapoli in Chinatown. Shelly reminds everyone he and Chin are still the “dynamic duo.”  (Observer)
  • A stabbing in Tompkins Square Park (EV Grieve).
  • Harry Wieder street co-naming update (City Beats).
  • University Settlement’s Michael Zisser on the changing LES (Forward).