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Local activists call for neighborhood slow zones (Streetsblog). Can good architecture and affordable housing go hand-in-hand? (New York Magazine). Claren Road Asset Management is paying a premium for the top floor of 51 Astor Place and, btw, the East Village is...

Paul Taylor, the venerable LES-based dance company, is reinventing itself with a $10 million infusion of cash, about half of which will come from the sale of several paintings in Mr. Taylor's personal collection (NYT). Sheldon Silver endorses a deal...

A drunk driver has been charged with second degree murder in connection with an accident that killed bus driver William Pena, who was born and raised on the Lower East Side (NYT). Editorial: "Silver's robed protector... In a preposterous ruling,...

Investors snap up a retail condo building on Mulberry Street for $17.5 million; they hope to renew the leases of several Italian restaurants at a "market rental rate." (Crain's). The city has only dispersed $10 million of $648 million available...

A guy posted fake Craigslist ads for apartments on East 6th and 9th streets, stealing $21,000 from renters (WNBC). Rivington Street's Dodge Gallery is closing (Gallerist). Sheldon Silver moves ahead with plans to give NYC authorization to raise taxes to pay...

Housing activists are hoping the new mayor reshapes the Rent Guidelines Board (NYT). Sheldon Silver, 70, is one election away from being rhe longest serving speaker in the history of the New York Assembly (Newsday). U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez doesn't seem...

A man who was attacked on the Bowery says he was a victim of a knockout game (WCBS). Council member Margaret Chin asks the city's new transportation commissioner about two issues: through traffic on Canal Street and traffic cops who...

There have been at least 30 cases in which people have contracted a rare skin infection after handling fish purchased in New York's Chinatown neighborhoods (NYT). Sheldon Silver says there's no "charter school crisis" and that any debate about funding...

A $30 million deal closes to bring an Ace Hotel to the former Salvation Army shelter at 223 Bowery (Real Deal). Affordable housing advocates, including Damaris Reyes of LES non-profit GOLES, meet with top city officials (Crain's). At a mayoral rally...

Cuts in federal rent subsidies mean thousands of elderly residents living in private buildings may be asked to downsize (Daily News). Another gallery defects from Chelsea; Shoot the Lobster sets up an experimental space on Eldridge Street (Gallerist). Two Rams, located...