- A development site at 79-89 Avenue D hits the market for $22.5 million (Real Deal).
- Minimum wage battle: Sheldon Silver says Andrew Cuomo might be a great governor but he might not be a great prognosticator (Daily News).
- L.E.S. writer and filmmaker, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, profiles the prolific East Village pizza parlor painter, 76-year-old Hermann Platschka (The Local EV).
- Bicycling activists are arrested on the Lower East Side for impersonating cops (Gothamist).
- Binge drinking is on the rise. Is there anything that can or should be done about it? (NYT, Observer).
- Some thoughts about the American Express-funded preservation contest (Curbed).
- Lost in translation? A revival for a Yiddish Theatre classic (Tablet).
- John Mayer pops up at Reed Space (Focus Camp, Reed Space).
