- Some parents and former employees believe Marta Valle High School is downplaying violent incidents (Post).
- A check of Building Department records shows the elevator at 129 Ridge Street is one of the city’s most dangerous (Post).
- A review of a federal immigration program that awards green cards to foreigners who invest in real estate indicates the “rules are being stretched.” The development zone includes the Lower East Side (NYT).
- There were some arrests at yesterday’s event on East 9th Street marking a decade since the eviction of CHARAS (EV Grieve, Observer).
- The Post’s Fred Dicker says Sheldon Silver was a “winner” in 2011 because he “avoided serious clashes with (Governor) Cuomo while predicting, accurately, that the governor would reverse course on the millionaires tax.” Silver, he added, “also continues to remain immune to a challenge to his 17-year-long leadership.” (Post)
