1. Rob Speyer makes it on the Post’s list of the year’s biggest losers in business [Post]
2. Bloomberg’s environmental laws will force new buildings to use cleaner natural gas or oil [NYDN]
3. Excelsior Athletic Club at East 57th Street files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection [Crain’s]
4.
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park will temporarily close tomorrow for renovations [Brooklyn Eagle]
5. Historic wall in Gowanus may not have been part of original Dodger’s stadium [NYDN]
6. New York officials saved $12 million by retooling leases for state agencies [ABC]
7. The “most littered sidewalk” in Park Slope is on 4th Avenue and Third Street [Brownstoner]
8. Mortgage rates end the year above 5 percent [Housing Wire]