- Common Cause thinks Sheldon Silver’s district (AD-64) should be redrawn to incorporate all of the Lower East Side, including Latino-leaning areas north of Houston Street. More affluent neighborhoods, such as Battery Park City, would be eliminated (WNYC).
- 145 Avenue C sells for $9.7 million (EV Grieve).
- A 3D animator loses his studio on Avenue A (The Local EV).
- A Soho boutique pops up on Stanton Street (Racked).
- The stars come out for the opening of Lola Montes Schnabel show at the Hole Gallery on the Bowery (NYT).