1. Authorization, re-authorizations approved at WTC redevelopment board meeting [GlobeSt]
2. More restaurants using Twitter to cover up health department closures [Midtown Lunch]
3. J.J. Byrne Park plans unveiled for Park Slope [Brownstoner]
4. NYU facility building in former Provincetown Playhouse spot [Bowery Boogie]
5. Albany businessman tries to do business with Trump, fails [NYT]
6. New York named least affordable housing market in the U.S. [CNNMoney]
7. Staten Island construction worker killed by Mack truck [SI Advance]
8. Top tips for buying foreclosures [CNNMoney]
9. Commercial property values have dropped 43 percent, Moody’s says [GlobeSt]
10. Homebuyers face uphill battle after cutting out brokers [AP via MSNBC]
11. Housing recovery may not come until next year, industry experts say [Bloomberg]
12. Commercial property sales to decline to $49 billion in 2009 [Bloomberg]