Perry ponders Soho pad, “Selling New York” back for more next season … and more

1. Singer Katy Perry checks out Soho Mews pad with fiance Russell Brand [Post, 3rd item]

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City Department of Education says Queens contractor swindled $1 million or more from budget [NYT]

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HGTV’s realty reality show “Selling New York” picked up for second season, sources say [Post, 4th item]

4.
LES restaurant Fat Hippo handed eviction notice [Bowery Boogie]

5.
In Queens, Woodside residents say Amtrak track construction is plowing down trees in their neighborhood [NYDN]

6.
Food trucks claim new parking law could leave them high and dry [NYT]

7.
Finding affordable East Village homes: a lost cause? [EV Grieve]

8.
Default rate on modified mortgages continues to climb [WSJ]

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