–“There’s an all-out war brewing between the Hells Angels and city cops — who swarmed the notorious bikers’ clubhouse Tuesday as payback for refusing to help solve a shooting, police and witnesses said.” [New York Post]
–Sheldon Silver was not on the ballot in 2016, but the former speaker spent more than any sitting member of the State Legislature this election cycle. Silver, convicted of federal corruption charges in November of 2015, blew through $3.6 million. Most of the expenditures covered legal fees. [New York Post]
–Silver’s replacement in Albany, Yuh-Line Niou, recalls her stint behind the bar at the defunct Winnie’s on Bayard St. In her new role, Niou is, “clinking glasses with some of her old Winnie’s customers.” She observes, “The association leaders, the business folks… I think I’m still serving them, just in a different capacity. With no Hawaiian Punch in my arsenal.” [New Yorker]
–An awning that hung outside CBGB sold at auction for $30,000. [Esquire]
