- As the Chinatown BID awaits City Council approval, developers eye Canal Street upzoning (Globe Street).
- The Landmarks Preservation Commission considers protecting hundreds of buildings in the East Village (DNA Info).
- Was it a bruise or a blemish? Testimony continues in the 9th Precinct rape trial (Post).
- The Lower East Side gallery scene: “looking more and more like Chelsea, but for the moment… still a place to take risks.” (NYT)
- A Chihuahua stolen from a porsche parked outside Whole Foods is reunited with its distressed owner (Post).
- A green roof is sprouting at two East Village schools (Villager).
