- President Obama endorses U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez for re-election (Capital NY).
- Velazquez challenger, Erik Dilan, rolls out endorsements of his own (Politicker).
- Henry Street Settlement, Tenement Museum, St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery all win preservation grants (Preservation Nation).
- Drake is set to face charges in club brawl; Friday night he was spotted having a quiet dinner at Sons of Essex (Post).
- Remembering Steve Ben Israel, a Living Theatre pioneer (NYT).
- Brian Rose says his new Lower East Side book is as much about the present as about the past (WSJ).
- Saying so long to Nice Guy Eddie’s (EV Grieve).
