· Turns out Bill de Blasio is more pro-development than people thought [Upshot]
· Fort Tilden Beach has quietly reopened... and there's a movie set there! [B+B]
· Some Long Island City residents want to drink in backyards, dammit [Post]
· First Rent Guidelines Board vote points to low increases, tenants thrilled [NY1]
· Experts are investigating the death of a whale that washed up in Brooklyn [BP]
· Midtown's "mysterious" 180-room Archer Hotel opens on May 28 [Chatter]
· Meet Vinnie Sinatra, a guy who hunts for ghosts in Queens at night [Gothamist]
· Bronx soccer stadium could displace U.S.'s largest elevator door-maker [Crain's]
· Why there were no "good ol' days" in NYC, ever, throughout history [Animal]
· Demolition begins along East 14th St., soon to be 150 Extell units + retail [EVG]
· City gives 9/11 victims' families short notice that remains will be moved [NYT]
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