- More angst about Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s suggestion that a property tax cap and rent control should be linked (Politics on the Hudson).
- What will Andrew Cuomo’s rent protection policies be? (Gotham Gazette).
- Silver has more money in his campaign bank account, $2.6 million, than any other legislator (Star-Gazette).
- State Senator Daniel Squadron urges his colleagues to tweak the rules governing how the chamber is run (Capital Tonight).
- Report suggests Walmart is a “jobs killer.” (AM NY).
- Christine Datz-Romero of the LES Ecology Center is not very happy the city has canceled its curbside tree recycling program again (WNYC).
- Part of the Shep Fairey/Associated Press lawsuit over the artist’s famous Obama poster has been thrown out (Post).
- A tattoo artist to the stars is in trouble for maintaining a huge arsenal of guns and other weapons in a shed near the South Street Seaport (DNA Info).
- The Times loved “Annihilation Point” at the Abrons Arts Center (NYT).
