City Council to approve hotel tax today, Ambulance Corps waiting for demolition … and more

1. City Council expected to approve hotel tax today [NYT]
2. What you can buy around the country for $500,000 [NYT]
3. Ambulance Corps in Bed-Stuy still waiting for emergency demolition [NYDN]
4. Seafood restaurant to open in Chinatown’s Mondrian Hotel [Eater]
5. School building at 23 Sidney Place might reopen [Brooklyn Eagle]
6. Muralist loses view from his studio [NYT]