Morning Reads: Bus Crash Trial, Mendez Blasts NYCHA Spending, Wylie’s Weekend Refuge

  • Prosecutors tell jurors that the driver of the tour bus that crashed in the Bronx last year, killing 15 Chinatown residents, was so fatigued he appeared to be drunk (NYT).
  • City Council member Rosie Mendez criticizes NYCHA for spending $10 million on a report focused on the agency’s failings (Daily News).
  • More on the civil rights complaint alleging that the city’s “specialized high schools” are discriminatory. Michael Bloomberg’s response: “life isn’t always fair.” (Daily News).
  • Andra Ursuta’s “all out assault on the gallery format” at Ramiken Crucible (NYT).
  • Check out Wylie Dufresne’s weekend retreat (Post).