More Merrill layoffs … and more

1. Merrill Lynch, stung by the housing and credit meltdowns, posts
a $196 billion loss and announces that it will cut 4,000 jobs [NYT]
2. Mayor Bloomberg says the World Trade
Center transit hub might have
to be scaled back [NYDN]
3. Mansions just aren’t selling like they used to in Greenwich, Conn. [NYT]
4. Sunnyside tenants take landlord Urban American to housing
court over charges of harassment and rodents [NYDN]
5. Gov. Paterson could soon replace the Port Authority’s
executive director [NYT]
6. Manhattan
community boards are fed up with bars that stay open until 4 a.m. [Sun]
7. A new city
program will help house more than 1,000 homeless
veterans [Sun]
8. A look at living in the Financial District [AMNY]
9. Brooklyn’s transit-deficient
Red Hook wants to become the city’s most bike-friendly neighborhood [Post]
10. Construction project job schedulers are in big demand [NYT]