–JDS Development Group faces a lawsuit from Little Cherry, another real estate firm, after it announces plan for a one-thousand foot tower in the Two Bridges area. [Crain’s]
–Community groups say Slate Property Group should not have been rewarded for its bad behavior in the Rivington House transaction with a much bigger prize: the Bedford-Union Armory development deal. [Crain’s]
–There were more legal skirmishes last week in the battle over whether Sheldon Silver should stay free while his appeals are pending. [Wall Street Journal]
–Firefighters had to rescue a drunk 27-year-old man from an Allen Street building after he decided it would be a good idea to slide down the chimney. [Daily News]
–The Times abandons what was left of its commitment to New York news coverage, retooling the Metro section for a global audience. [New York Times]
–“What the kids are wearing downtown.” A slide show from Division and Ludlow streets, where the “hip grit of the Lower East Side and the vibrant flare of Chinatown meet.” [New York Times]
