- 350 East Houston Street, where a gas station is now located, is sold for $8 million; the parcel is “primed” to become a new residential development (Real Deal).
- State Senator Tony Avella, a Democrat who has a history of “bucking” his party, calls on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down (Daily News, Post).
- Mayor Bloomberg: Politicians who side with labor unions and block Walmart’s entry into New York “should have trouble looking at themselves in the mirror.” (Post)
- How the Ludlow Jail got its nickname, the Alimony Club (NYT).
- The Horton gallery, LES newcomer, signs filmmaker Martha Colburn and plans solo show (Artinfo).
