· State Sen. Espada fires new chief of stuff for being a slumlord [NYDN]
· Biggest leasing deal of the year: Gap moving offices to 40 Worth St. [NYP]
· Developer Africa Israel's stock drops 1/3rd in two days [Forbes]
· Will state close private beach clubs on public Rockaway land? [NYT]
· Now pol wants Hoyt-Schermerhorn station to have Michael Jackson art [NYP]
· Red Hook rancher talks to his chickens before eating them [NYDN]
· Newark begins cracking down on biggest water bill delinquents [NYT]
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