- Police interview the driver of the World Wide Tours bus that crashed in the Bronx — and crack down on bus operators in Chinatown (Post).
- Councilmember Maragret Chin tells NY1: “I met one of the daughters of one of the victims that passed away. She just grabbed my hand and started crying. So it has been very, very sad.. Hopefully we will come together and overcome this and bring about some better regulations and safety protection for passengers.” (NY1)
- Sheldon Silver and Assembly Democrats introduce a budget that adds some funding to social programs but which (historically speaking) calls for only “modest restoration to (Governor) Cuomo’s proposed cuts.” (WSJ)
- Silver on the Senate’s budget: show me the money (Capital Tonight).
- More on the life and death of writer Ricardo Leon Pena Villa (Daily News).
- Kicking off Teen Author Week at the Chatham Square Library (L Magazine).
- “Hot Chicks Room” angst (EV Grieve).
