Morning Reads: Fatal Fire, East Side Students Walk Out, Affordable Housing Plan Concerns

A 20-year-old woman was killed in an early morning apartment fire on East 1st Street (Daily News).

Students at East Side Community High School defy the DOE by marching to Brooklyn to protest the Eric Garner decision (NYT).

Controversial property owner Steven Croman loses a lawsuit brought by a brokerage that was denied its commission (Real Deal).

A look at the issues behind the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s aborted decision to de-calendar nearly 100 historic buildings (WSJ).

Affordable housing activists worry that the mayor’s mandatory inclusionary zoning program will fall short of its ambitious goals (Observer).