- Responding to Governor Cuomo’s budget speech, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says Legislature is not fully to blame for New York’s financial crisis (Capital Tonight).
- Developer finalizes plans for 35 Cooper Square, as preservationists persevere (Real Estate Weekly).
- More than 2500 tickets were written last month — fining property owners for failing to shovel their sidewalks (Daily News).
- The city details plans for new East River ferry service, scheduled to begin in the spring (Daily News).
- Kenny Scharf’s mural gets security cameras, bodyguard — is this the future of street art? (Art Info).
- One man’s decision to leave city life behind (NYT).
- Chatting about the past and future of the Tenement Museum and New York real estate with the organization’s president and board chair (Real Deal).
- The state relents: the Chocolate Library can keep its name (NYT).