Danny Meyer quietly opens restaurant in the Whitney, FDIC wants banks to assume mortgage risks … and more

1. Nine months later, Obama’s $1B plan to help the unemployed pay their mortgages still hasn’t taken effect
[NYT]
2. Long-stalled project at 179 Ludlow, next to Katz’s Delicatessen could be complete by the end of the summer
[Post, 3rd item]
3. Morgan Stanley buys $196M American real estate loan portfolio from an offshore bank
[BusinessWeek]
4. FDIC wants banks to retain at least 5 percent of the credit risk on securities backed by mortgages
[NYT]
5. Census figures show the population near Ground Zero more than doubled since 2010 [NPR]
6. Long Island City water taxi stop may not reopen this summer
[New Yorkology]
7. The city is requesting proposals to transform Water Street
[DNAinfo]
8. Danny Meyer quietly opened a 40-seat restaurant in the Whitney Museum’s basement last week
[Observer]
9. State and local property-tax collections fell more in the fourth-quarter 2010 than at any point since the housing crash
[Bloomberg]
10. Girl Scout Cookie pop-up shops appear in each NYC borough [Corcoran Group]