–More on Julian Simpson, the Australian diplomat who plunged to his death on Clinton Street. [The Australian]
–While the mayor’s revised housing plan makes some concessions to local activists, the administration is still at odds with many groups over neighborhood rezonings. This is the case on the Lower East Side/Chinatown, where city planners have rejected a community-based rezoning proposal. [City Limits]
–A town hall meeting looks at the plight of small business. [Chelsea Now]
–Proxyco, a gallery voted to Latin American art, is opening this week on the Lower East Side. [Observer]
–Mission Chinese Food’s Danny Bowien “is now a cleaned up, cardio-obsessed, Vetements-wearing dad with an epic expansion on the horizon.” [GQ]
–Here’s a Q & A with the director of, “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” the documentary on a small Chinatown bank prosecuted for mortgage fraud by Manhattan DA Cy Vance. [IndieWire]
