- Joel Klein is no longer DOE chief, but he’s still championing the Lower East Side’s Girls Prep Charter School (Observer).
- Sheldon Silver has no plans to schedule another vote on gay marriage until prospects in the Senate are clarified (Capital Tonight).
- When does Tompkins Square Park close? Good question (EV Grieve).
- Blog is deeply offended by The New Yorker’s “smug, ill-informed” essay on bike lanes (Gothamist).
- The Eldridge is sold (Post).
- New mob movie premieres at the Sunshine (NY1).
- Reality show winner opens boutique, Annabelle, at 105 Stanton (Racked).
