- Millionaire tax musings: “While the political winds blew (Governor) Cuomo away from his party and to the right, and then back to the left,” political reporter Jimmy Viekind writes, “Silver achieved his goals by staying dead still.” (Capital NY).
- Preservationists move to protect 315 East 10th Street, the former Educational Alliance building that’s about to be renovated by developer Ben Shaoul (EV Grieve).
- One critic thinks Reid Farrington’s “Christmas Carol” mash-up at the Abrons Arts Center misses the mark (NYT).
- A reason to love New York: the St. Mark’s Bookshop was saved (NYM).
- The Economic Development Corp. says the Lower East Side has more pizza joints, per capita, than any other neighborhood in New York. There are, however, more places (33) to get a slice in the East Village than anywhere else in the city (NYCEDC).
