Chris Ward criticizes unwillingness to raise tolls for capital projects, Brookfield exec and Zuccotti Park namesake unfazed by protests  … and more

1. Outgoing Port Authority head criticizes unwillingness to
raise tolls to fund capital projects
[DNAinfo]
2. REITS getting sold off
[WSJ]
3. Fannie and Freddie hampering debt reduction
[NYT]
4. Abandoned public school to become affordable housing
[DNAinfo]
5. Brookfield exec, namesake of Zuccotti Park, unfazed by protests
[NYT]
6. UWS congregation raising money for boiler in cold landmarked
church
[DNAinfo]
7. Challenges of restoring the Park Avenue armory
[NYT]
8. Bank to help fund Lakeside ice rink
[The Brooklyn Paper]
9. A video tour of the South Bronx with an architecture critic
and the planning commissioner
[NYT]
10. Jail cells being converted into courtrooms in Brooklyn as
part of $6M renovation
[Brooklyn Eagle]
11. Jimmy Rodriguez’s Don Coqui restaurant opening in Astoria
[NYDN]