- The state ethics commission investigating Assemblyman Vito Lopez will not, at least at the moment, broaden its inquiry to include the conduct of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (NYT, Post).
- The Nicelle Beauchene and Jack Hanley galleries are moving in together on Broome Street (Artinfo).
- Alpahbet City is going upscale, attracting new residents — “not just waiters and bartenders and that kind of thing. These are proper professionals now,” one real estate exec boasts (WSJ).
- The Lower East Side figures prominently in Peter De Jonge’s new novel, “Buried on Avenue B.” (NYT)
- “Desperate Endeavors” a film based on the life of Essex Card Shop owner Jayant Patel, opens at the Quad Cinema (EV Grieve).
