Spitzer calls for public housing reform, fundraisers toil to save Staten Island’s oldest home … and more

1. City comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer calls for sweeping public housing reform [Brooklyn Eagle]
2. Nonprofit seeks funds to preserve Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House, Staten Island’s oldest home [NY1]
3. Viceroy New York taking reservations [Curbed]
4. Mayoral front-runner Bill De Blasio reveals he’s a Red Sox fan [NYT]
5. Bed-Stuy brownstone gets $1.58M in state auction [Brownstoner]
6. New residential building coming to Bushwick’s Cooper Street [BuzzBuzzHome]
7. Rundown NYC hotels to get makeovers as economy improves [NYT]
8. Beloved Park Slope dive bar to close [NYO]