–City Council member Margaret Chin and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer want deed removals to be part of the city’s land use review process. They’re mugging for the cameras in a City Hall press conference this morning. [Daily News]
–More than 20 people were busted in an alleged $15 million drug trafficking operation. Among those arrested: Frank Parisi, who was taken into custody “at the family-owned Parisi Bakery on Mott Street in Little Italy where 20 pounds of pot was found.” [DNA Info]
–The city tries new tactics to crack down on bad landlords. [City & State]
–Logan Hicks is next up at the Bowery/Houston mural wall. [EV Grieve]
–Here’s one take a on Bing Kitchen, a tiny new spot on Orchard Street. [Gothamist]
