City finance commissioner criticized over flawed property tax bills, Columbia Prep buys up last townhouse on block … and more

1. City finance commissioner criticized for flawed property tax bills
[Post]
2. Columbia Prep buys up last townhouse on 94th Street block
[NYO]
3. AAA files suit against Port Authority toll increase to fund WTC increase
[WNYC]
4. How to restructure mortgage servicing
[WSJ]
5. Housing made up 34 percent of consumer spending
[NYT]
6. Plans for former Whitney buildings on UES under criticism
[DNAinfo]
7. Livechat about “Frontline” episode on Park 51
[NYT]
8. Most counts dropped in lawsuit against Wilpon regarding Madoff funds
[Post]
9. Remembering Edith Wharton’s housing preservation legacy
[WSJ]
10. How Barbara Corcoran grew the Corcoran Group
[Entrepeneur.com]
11. Spa at UES spa and condo opens
[Curbed]
12. Clashes between Metropolitan Museum vendors
[NYT]
13. City Council approves Thor Equities’ Bensonhurst plan
[Brooklyn Eagle]
14. Council members propose Rockaway revitalization
[WNYC]
15. New ABC show focuses on move from Manhattan to suburbia
[NYT]
16. Maspeth battling rat problem
[Queens Ledger]
17. Ridgewood gym closes as result of Hurricane Irene
[Fox]