–A lawyer who formerly worked in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, Eileen Naples, is joining the race to replace State Sen. Daniel Squadron. Political reporter Kenneth Lovett thinks Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh has the inside track for the Democratic nomination. [Daily News]
–City Council member Margaret Chin will not be attending tonight’s City Council District 1 debate. [Villager]
–The candidates for City Council District 2 were interviewed by Brian Lehrer. [WNYC]
–A recap of a recent District 2 Council candidate forum. [Villager]
–Endorsement Wire: Support for District Leaders Karen Blatt and Jacob Goldman. [Jewish Press]
–A Brooklyn resident is agitated about trash and graffiti on the Williamsburg Bridge. [Channel 11]
–The city is installing free bike pumps. There’s one near the Williamsburg Bridge. [Gothamist]
–Robert Sietsema compares Jing Fong in Chinatown with the new diminutive Jing Fong on the Upper West Side. [Eater]
–The Gray Lady discovers that tourists use Instagram. Two beneficiaries: Sel Rrose, the Delancey Street cocktail bar/restaurant; and the Metrograph theater. [New York Times]
–Here’s Community Board 3’s September calendar of meetings. [CB3]
