- Former LES rapper Tru Life is sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the fatal stabbing of a 20-year old man; some family members are dismayed he didn’t get a longer sentence (Daily News, DNA Info).
- The governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver meet on the budget; shockingly negotiations seem to be going pretty well (Politics on the Hudson).
- On the millionaire tax, Silver says “everything is negotiable… I don’t draw lines in the sand.” (Daily News)
- Same as it ever was? For many of New York’s new immigrants, moving up still means moving out (Open City).
- The East Village is once again safe: Upright Citizen’s Brigade backs off of “Hot Chicks Room” gag (Daily News).
- The new show at the Klaus von Nichtssagend gallery is a “fresh addition” to the LES art district (ArtInfo).
