Morning Reads: Charter School Stance, Hot Real Estate Market, Old Man Hustle’s Random Bunch

New York’s new schools chancellor side steps questions about charter schools (WNBC).

In the final quarter of 2013, New York’s residential real estate market heated up (Curbed).

ICYMI: Alan Cumming buys East 9th Street townhouse for $4.65 million (Post).

Old Man Hustle: the most random group of people you’ve ever seen (New Yorker).

1 Minute Meal: Clay pot rice at A-Wah (Serious Eats).