- Sheldon Silver rejects the notion (expressed by GOP leader Dean Skelos) that rent laws should be extended but not expanded (Daily News).
- Silver says he’s determined not to leave Albany without a meaningful ethics reform bill (Politics on the Hudson).
- Scenes from the “funeral” for 35 Cooper Square (EV Grieve, Gamma Blog).
- Jerry Delakas, the endangered Astor Place newsstand operator, starts a Facebook page (Jeremiah).
- Octavia’s Porch closes after six months (EV Grieve).
