Morning Reads: A Family Mourns, Rat Attack, the Smiling Cheesemonger

  • “A killer is sentenced but the heartache remains;”  the family of Taz Pagan, killed by a drug dealer in the East Village, tries to move on (NYT).
  • A conversation with photographer Annie Ling, who told the stories of 35 Chinese immigrants living at 81 Bowery (The Forward).
  • Essex Street cheesemonger Anne Saxelby receives the full-on New York Times treatment (NYT).
  • Moishe’s Bakeshop receives a facelift (Jeremiah).