–Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is declining to make an endorsement in the special election to replace his predecessor, convicted Assemblyman Sheldon Silver. [Daily News]
–NYCHA will announce today that it’s saddled with a $60 million deficit this year. [Daily News]
–Neighborhood leaders marked the one year anniversary of the deadly 2nd Avenue explosion. [EV Grieve]
–Dump Trump: Lower East Side artist Hanksy has “created what could be seen, in decades to come, as the definitive artistic take on the 2016 race (for the White House).” [The Independent]
–Jon Snyder of il laboratorio del gelato is profiled: “His interesting story bears lessons not only to achieving business excellence, but also personal happiness.” [Forbes]
