- City Council redistricting map leaves District 1, encompassing the LES and most of Lower Manhattan, intact (NYT).
- Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer drops out of the race for mayor and decides to run for City Comptroller instead. One elected official who won’t be backing Stringer: LES/EV Council member Rosie Mendez. She’s already endorsed fellow Council member Dan Garodnick for the job (Daily News).
- Brokers talk up Chinatown as a new residential hot spot, even though they’re a bit fuzzy about where it ends and the LES begins (WSJ).
- The “Mary Spink Apartments” planned on an East 11th Street parcel (EV Grieve).
- A Times’ reviewer and her companion bravely venture to the end of the earth (Ridge Street) and discover Rustic LES (NYT).
