Morning Reads: Buildings Sold For $50 Million, Garden Warriors Look Back, Silver’s Ethics Board Appointees

By
Ed Litvak
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Developer Gordon Lau has paid $50 million for four properties: 116 Elizabeth St., 132 Bowery, 145 Bowery, 149 Bowery (Real Deal).

Activists recall the failed fight to save the Esperanza Community Garden and look ahead to a new battle to save garden parcels from development (NYT).

Sheldon Silver still has three appointees on the Joint Commission on Public Ethics. One of them is Marvin Jacob, brother of East River Co-op GM Heshy Jacob (Post).

The mayor discusses the future of NYCHA (City & State).

The housing authority is paying out millions of dollars to elevator repairmen (Post).

A collection of photos from the East River’s deep freeze (Gothamist).

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