Smoking Ban, State Budget Woes, Copters, Taxis

  • Come Monday, don’t forget, no more smoking in NYC parks. Not that smokers care. (Gothamist)
  • Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver keeps on fighting for the millionaires’ tax and pushes for a sunset clause on the governor’s property tax cap proposal. (NYT, Politics on the Hudson)
  • Downtown politicians make noise about loud helicopter tours. (DNAinfo)
  • Is former NYPD chief Bill Bratton considering a run for mayor? (Our Town)
  • “Taxis of Tomorrow” get the thumbs-down from disability rights group. (AM New York)
  • “Sacred Women,” an exhibit by artist Andrea Arroyo showing at the Mark Miller Gallery, featured in advance of tonight’s Third Thursdays gallery crawl. (PIX11)