Morning Reads: Heastie on Rent Law, Chocolate Deity Debate, Remembering Ralph Feldman

New Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tells the mayor that renewing and strengthening New York’s rent regulation law is his top priority (NYT).

Columnist: “Sheldon Silver’s biggest sin is what he did to his own neighborhood.” (New Republic)

Facebook expands its footprint at 770 Broadway (Crain’s).

Remembering Ralph Feldman, a former fire marshal, who died in his 8th Street home at the age of 79 (EV Grieve).

A Hindu organization protests a “Lord Ganesh-shaped edible chocolate” at an East Village shop (NYT).

Video: The ladies at University Settlement’s senior center remember their first kiss (Mashable).