The mayor and City Council have a budget deal (NYT).
The state will pick up Sheldon Silver’s legal bills in connection with the Vito Lopez scandal (Daily News).
Silver is in a tough spot over women’s equality legislation (Daily News).
Silver calls mayoral candidate Joe Lhota desperate after the former MTA chairman called on Sthe Assembly Speaker to step down (Daily News).
Croxley Ales reopens this week (EV Grieve).
Tables for Two: Alder (New Yorker).