- Remember “Hayley and Diego’s Law,” named after two children killed in Chinatown by a careless driver? Turns out the legislation lacked sufficient teeth because police officers were required to witness an accident in order to write a ticket. So now there’s a new proposal in Albany to toughen the law (WIVB).
- Brooklyn City Councilman Erik Martin Dilan confirms he’s thinking about chellenging U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, who represents sections of Brooklyn, as well as the Lower East Side (City & State).
- Founder of Gathering of the Tribes hopes to find new landlord to head off eviction (Local EV).
- The Economic Development Corp. (lead agency in the redevelopment of SPURA btw) has gotten a lot bigger and a lot more powerful in recent years (Crain’s).
- Not your average gallery reading (L Magazine).
