- Today the City Council holds a hearing on the Health Department’s controversial restaurant inspection system; yesterday the mayor defended the new system preemptively (NYT).
- Thirty workers file a $50 million lawsuit against designer Alexander Wang, alleging he runs a sweatshop in Chinatown (Post).
- Innovate Manhattan, a Swedish middle school, has signed a lease for 15,000 square feet at 38 Delancey Street (Observer).
- A cyclist sues the state Department of Motor Vehicles, after receiving a ticket for riding outside the bike lane on Allen Street (Daily News, Gothamist).
- Chabad’s new home on the Bowery: seeking out young Jews where they live and play (The Jewish Week).
- “2012 is the year that downtown became hip in the art world again.” Case in point: The Dependent Art Show taking place at the Comfort Inn on Ludlow Street (Artnet).
Hope the cyclist wins, I don’t think there is a nyc Law that says you have to ride in a bike lane. Think about it, if there were, it would mean marginalizing bikes OFF the roads. Giving up the roads. Not right.