–Someone sifting through the trash at the Riis Houses earlier this week found a heart in a pink box. The medical examiner is now trying to determine if it’s a human heart. [Daily News]
–A former Lower East Side super who worked in Steve Croman’s building’s says the embattled property owner has failed to pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages. [Real Deal]
–Activists respond to Council member Margaret Chin’s op/ed earlier in the week which advocated for affordable housing development at the Elizabeth Street Garden. [Gotham Gazette]
–Orchard Street is one of the blocks examined in a new book that makes the case for preserving small scale retail. [City Lab]
–Bureaucratic delays are slowing the implemntation of District 1’s new integration plan. [Chalkbeat]
