Broadway Triangle rezoning approved by city officials … and more

1. Brooklyn Triangle rezoning approved by city officials [Brooklyn Paper]
2. The importance of preserving Merritt Parkway in Connecticut [NY Mag]
3. Housing starts are lower than originally projected [Bloomberg]
4. Delays and cost overruns are affecting MTA projects, like the Second Avenue Subway [Crain’s]
6. New report blames MTA for
not informing public about ongoing transit projects [NYT]
7. “Phantom of the Opera” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber slams present day Coney Island [NYDN]
8. IRS examining over 100,000 suspicious claims for the first-time homebuyer tax credit, while Senator Dodd pushes to extend credit [Bloomberg] and [WSJ]
9. National home builder confidence drops in October [WSJ]