- Community activists carry 9,000 birthday cards for Danny Chen to Washington, in hopes of cajoling the Senate into passing a bill cracking down on hazing in the military (Daily News).
- Sheldon Silver said candidates should use the minimum wage issue in their campaigns (Capital Tonight).
- State Senator Daniel Squadron presses ahead in his campaign for public advocate. After holding below-the-radar fundraisers on the Lower East Side and elsewhere, his latest campaign events are out in the open (Greenpoint Gazette).
- After raiding 35-37 East Broadway, authorities are trying to seize the building in their ongoing crackdown on alleged illegal gambling (US DOJ).
- The Howl Festival is upon us (EV Grieve).
