*Everyday Chatter

Councilwoman Letitia James on Ratner's plan: "The Barclays Center is having the city close the [Pacific Dean] shelter, and having the state take it by eminent domain in the dead of winter, and on Martin Luther King's Birthday." [FIB]

Villager editorial says "Save Our Ray." [Villager]

Here's how you can Help Save Ray's. [SG]

Celebrating Yonah Schimmel's and their wonderful knishes. [CR]

Go inside William Burroughs' Bunker on the Bowery. [EVG]



A double stabbing at the Pyramid Club on Ave. A. [NMNL]

Filling your sturgeon needs... [GVDP]

The "No Lock People." They exist. In New York. [NYT]

The Koi people admit defeat after being denied a space on the Bowery. [Eater]