Morning Reads: Vision Zero Report Card, Rent Law Primer, Moscot at 100

Vision Zero: The mayor says 2014 was the safest year on record, but an analysis shows more cyclists died last year compared with 2013 (WNYC).

A look at the mayor’s uphill battle to win a stronger rent regulation law in Albany (Bloomberg).

New York hotel construction is still booming (Post).

Assemblyman Brian Kolb says a story in the Post accusing him of blocking a coup attempt against Sheldon Silver is “a fabrication that borders on slander.” (Irondequoit Post)

A quirky filmmaker is indicted for holding up a Chinatown bank. His lawyer says: “He’s an artist. Artists are different. They have a lot of idiosyncrasies.” (Daily News)

Moscot celebrates 100 years on the Lower East Side (Daily Beast).

Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks is coming to East 2nd Street (Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY).