1. Lower rates encourage homeowners to refinance [NYDN]
2. Washington Square Park now has no fountain [Curbed]
3. The city used a new law to ban an engineer for faking construction plans [NYDN]
4. A look at New York City’s bargain neighborhoods [NYMag via Curbed]
5. Manhattan could lose between 25,000 and 50,000 office jobs this year, according to a brokerage Colliers ABR report [NYO]