–The City Council today will approve the mayor’s controversial rezoning plan, handing a defeat to local community boards and local activists who opposed the twin proposals. [Politico New York]
–Workers find a grenade inside a furniture store on the Bowery [Daily News]
–Another gas station and the bar, Puck Fair, prepare to shutter as a new residential development comes to Lafayette Street. [EV Grieve]
–Meet Brooke Lucas, who rented that notorious Orchard Street apartment with the shower in the kitchen. [Bedford & Bowery]
–The fiery, radical women of the Lower East Side — recapping a recent discussion at the Sixth Street Synagogue. [Tablet]
