–The city has released a Request for Proposals for affordable housing on the Elizabeth Street Garden site. Local residents are vowing to fight the plan, which has been championed by City Council member Margaret Chin. [DNA Info]
–17 cyclists have been killed by motorists in New York City this year. People in some communities say the de Blasio administration is not doing enough to make the roads safe. [Daily News]
–A profile of Lower Manhattan’s likely new Assenblywoman: “(Yuh-Line) Niou, an ebullient conversationalist who speaks between torrents of roaring laughter, is refreshingly candid and relentlessly upbeat.” [Vogue]
–Here’s Jenifer Rajkumar’s perspective on the battle for the 65th Assembly District. She came in second Tuesday to Yuh-Line Niou. [News India]
–“Me, My Grandfather and Citizenship Day;” Federal Judge Denny Chin recounts his grandfather’s American story, which began in Chinatown. [New York Times]
–Walter Robinson, a stalwart of the 1980s Lower East Side art scene, finally gets a New York retrospective. [New Yorker]
–P.S. 110’s Lauren Bakian Aaker teaches with dance parties and emojis. [Chalkbeat]
