Morning Reads: Paying For Parks, New Canal Street Hotel, Out-of-Control Gallery Update

The mayor seems to back away from a proposal requiring wealthy park conservancies to share their largesse (Capital NY).

BeHotel opens near the Manhattan Bridge (Hotel Chatter).

“The Lower East Side art district is pretty much completely out of control;” the latest proof comes in the form of a new project at 286 Grand St. (Gallerist).

Leaflets being handed out near his “lower East Side loft” describe Jewish attorney Stanley Cohen as a traitor for defending a relative of Osama bin Laden (The Forward).

A Republican foe calls Sheldon Silver a segregationist (Capitol Confidential).

Dennis Zentek, a co-owner of d.b.a. bar on 1st Avenue has died (EV Grieve).

Q&A with James and Karla Murray, who have been chronicling the disappearing storefronts of New York City (Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY).