Morning Reads: Battling Illegal Hotel Law, Santacon Tips, Typhoon Benefit Auction

A new advocacy group seeks to weaken New York’s illegal hotels law (Daily News).

The city is going after Jerry’s Newsstand again (EV Grieve).

Helpful advice from Santacon organizers: no puking, “messing with kids or cops,” or sexually assaulting people (Eater).

The Lodge Gallery plans a benefit auction to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan (Artinfo).

A writer makes a pilgrimage to the “vanishing streets” of her grandmother’s Lower East Side (Tablet).

Alexander Olch’s men’s accessories comes to 14 Orchard St. (GQ).