1. Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner hired former U.S. Senator Al D’Amato’s lobbying firm to work on eminent domain lobbying [NYO]
2. State economic development chief Patrick Foy says city should look outside Manhattan for new convention center [NYDN]
3. Old friends split over Cooper Square Hotel [NYO]
4. State foreclosure filings fell last month by 5.6 percent compared to a year ago [Newsday]
5. A privately-owned parcel next to city-owned public place in Carroll Gardens will likely be included in the project and could double the amount housing built there [Brooklyn Eagle]
6. Board of Standards & Appeals hears Soho Alliance’s legal challenge to Trump Soho [Curbed]
7. Is Atlantic Yards’ “Miss Brooklyn” tower shrinking? [Curbed]
