1. Former Senator Vincent Leibell got contractors to work on his Putnam County home at a discount after awarding them lucrative public project contracts, prosecutors say [NYT]
2. Historic Connecticut lighthouse to hit the auction block next month [WSJ]
3. Former Meyer’s Hotel in Woodside falling into disrepair as trash piles up [NYDN]
4. Madison Square Garden selling off seats for $899 each as renovation project kicks off [Post]
5. New puppet theater opens on Columbia Street in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Heights]
6. It takes Donald Trump an hour to get his hair to look like that [Rolling Stone]
7. Greenwich Village townhouse that Sarah Jessica Parker walked away from back on the market for $15M [Post, 1st item]