–Another look at next week’s Democratic Primary Election in which several challengers will seek to unseat Alice Cancel, who won an April special election. “While (Sheldon) Silver’s pall will hang over the (65th Assembly) district for decades to come, this election is its first chance at a fresh start, an argument being made by Cancel’s challengers.” [Gotham Gazette]
–What’s the likely outcome in the six-way race to replace Silver in the Assembly? One political gadfly says: “It’s difficult to know what’s going on in that race even for those who live there and observe it.” [The Jewish Week]
–A conversation with Assembly candidate Paul Newell. [Broadsheet]
–The legendary Hwa Yuan restaurant is set to reopen on East Broadway. [Grub Street]
–Controversial landlord Raphael Toledano is selling four of his buildings for $35 million. [The Real Deal]
–Photographer Brian Rose captures the World Trade Center before and after 9/11. [Curbed]
–Remembering longtime East Village resident Tom Mulligan. [EV Grieve]
–Metropolitan Diary: “Another Sunny Day on the Lower East Side.” [New York Times]
