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).
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).
