1. USPS studying the shuttering of 3,700 locations nationally [NPR]
2. More ambitious housing plan could unlock the U.S. economy [Bloomberg]
3. Government rebuilding efforts visible in South Bronx [NYT]
4. Design-conscious hotels coming to Manhattan, Brooklyn [WSJ]
5. Heat causes air conditioners to sell out [WNYC]
6. New BofA branch coming to UWS [DNAinfo]
7. Posman Books opening in Rockefeller Center [Crain’s]
8. NY State Housing Commissioner Darryl Towns arrested for DWI [NYT]
9. Worker injured at Gowanus Tunnel [NYT]
10. 200-ton drill to remain under Park Avenue after tunnel construction [NYT]
11. NYU donates furniture, trash to Grace Church school, new tenant of Cooper Square [Village Voice]
12. Hempstead has $2 billion plan to revitalize downtown [WSJ]
13. Architect Thomas Juul-Hansen’s apartment available for rent at $5,800 a month [Curbed]
14. NASA exhibit planned for Eventi Hotel in August [HotelChatter]