- Plans were underway to transfer Private Danny Chen from his unit in the days before the Chinatown native committed suicide (NYT).
- The shooting of a police officer on duty inside the Seward Park Extension complex has focused attention on “vertical patrols.” The Post takes an “inside look” at the controversial strategy (Post).
- The mayor’s press secretary and chief protector, Stu Loeser (a Lower East Side resident), is leaving to start his own PR firm (NYT).
- Silver defends the governor’s right to send secret texts (Post).
- Columnist: Politicians, including State Senator Dan Squadron, are taking too much credit for the MTA’s service restorations (Daily News).
- Attorney calls boycott of the new Wyndham Garden Hotel in Chinatown “completely groundless.” (Villager)
- Flooding at Ben Shaoul’s 315 East 10th Street (EV Grieve).
- A burglary in an East Broadway office — “a thorough look at a bold thief who took his time.” (NYT)
- The Marble Cemetery: happenin’ special events venue (NYT).
- Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis hang out at Sons of Essex following the premiere of “The Campaign” at the Sunshine Cinema (Vanity Fair Daily).
