Chinatown BID Objections Add Up, Regulated Rents Rise, Shuang Wen Parents Sue

  • Officials in the City Clerk’s office say an unprecedented number of objection letters have been received regarding the proposed Chinatown Business Improvement District (Daily News).
  • The Rent Guidelines Board raised the maximum increases on rent-stabilized apartments to 3.75 percent for one-year leases and 7.25 percent for two-year leases (NYT).
  • Parents of the embattled Shuang Wen School are suing the Department of Education (DNA Info, Post, NY1).
  • More on the alleged rape of a woman in Sara D. Roosevelt Park (DNA Info).
  • An HBO documentary has become an issue in the case of two former East Village cops acquitted of rape but convicted of misconduct; their sentencing has been delayed (Post).
  • Lower East Side couple Carol Anastasio and Mimi Brown will wait just a little while longer to get married (Daily News).