- Andre Balazs wants the Cooper Square Hotel to be a “cost conscious center of the community.” (Real Deal)
- Assemblymember Grace Meng is not very happy about the mayor’s response to a proposal she and Senator Daniel Squadron are floating for a Chinese Lunar New Year school holiday (Politicker NY).
- Silver pushes for a minimum wage hike and seeks to reassert the Assembly’s influence in Governor Cuomo’s second year (Pougkeepsie Journal).
- Checking in on the St. Brigid’s Rectory (EV Grieve).
- Justin Long and Ryan Phillippe make a quick exit from the “Back Room” after a “large, dark-haired woman, who had clearly been over-served, started throwing cups and dishes.” (Daily News)
