Updated: May 16, 2014

Morning Reads: Mayor Picks Landmarks Chair, Beating Victim Memorial, Baby Hawks

May 16, 2014

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The mayor has decided to appoint Meenakshi Srinivasan, head of the Board of Standards and Appeals, as the new chairperson of the Landmarks Commission (WSJ).

There will be a memorial next week for the man beaten to death on East 6th Street (DNA Info).

Jack Rabid: 30 years of chronicling the punk scene (OZY).

Photos: those baby hawks high above Tompkins Square Park (EV Grieve).

“The Immigrant,” a Lower East Side story, starts strong and then “loses it way.” (USA Today).

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