- A Latin Kings gangster gets the maximum sentence for stabbing Glenn Wright to death at the Baruch Houses three years ago (Gothamist).
- Rep. Nydia Velazquez wins in a landslide and sends a message to Brooklyn political boss Vito Lopez (NY1).
- To stay or to fight? Residents on East 3rd Street decide (The Local EV).
- Steve Nash to the Knicks? A hopeful rallying cry in Sara D.Roosevelt Park at this year’s “Showdown in Chinatown.” (NYT)
- The Times tires of its hyperlocal dabbling in the East Village and Brooklyn. What lessons were learned? (Nieman Journalism Lab).
- Book Review: “Virgin Cure” takes readers on a grim tour of the Lower East Side in the 19th Century (Washington Post).
- It’s Tyra Banks time on Avenue D (EV Grieve).
