- The owner of a Chinatown fish market was arrested for allegedly selling dirty fresh water clams that were brought in on the luggage racks of passenger buses (Post).
- A new report finds that Assembly Democrats vote with Speaker Sheldon Silver 98% of the time because New York’s legislative business is actually conducted behind closed doors (Daily News).
- The St. Mark’s Bookshop is reportedly planning to move to a smaller space (EV Grieve).
- A preview of the first-ever CBGB Festival, which begins Thursday (WSJ).
- A look at Top Hat on Broome Street, “one of the LES’s least predictable stores.” (Racked)