Put Your City On; No YMCA's Near Ground Zero!; Perdo Espada Stiffs Tailor; American Apparel Loses Benches; More!

Graffiti seen on West 13th Street near Washington Street

• No YMCA's near Ground Zero [mini bloggy] 
• Senator Pedro Espada stiffs a tailor for $7,200 [The Village Voice]  
• American Apparel on East Houston Removes Benches [Bowery Boogie]
• "I just want folks to know that the whole neighborhood is going to crap" [EV Grieve]
• Chinatown Groups Worry City Will Exert Too Much Power in Rezoning Push [DNAinfo]

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