- Sheldon Silver is criticized for hosting a fundraiser on 9/11 (WCBS).
- Stu Loeser, the mayor’s former press secretary, has a new client: Sheldon Silver (NYT).
- Community activists urge the Landmarks Commission to reject a new hotel next to the Merchant’s House Museum (The Local EV).
- Bowery wall landlord Tony Goldman dies at the age of 68 (Gallerist).
- Meanwhile, the last sign of Billy’s Antiques is removed (EV Grieve).
- Dorie Greenspan opens her cookie shop in the Essex Street Market this weekend (NYT).