News Summary - October 3, 2011

(1)  An Esplanade on the East River  (NY Times – Editorial)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/opinion/for-the-united-nations-an-esplanade-on-the-east-river.html

(2)  A Great Deal for the East Side  (NY Daily News – Op Ed – Ed Koch)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/10/03/2011-10-03_a_great_deal_for_the_east_side.html

(3)  Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge  (City Room)
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/police-arresting-protesters-on-brooklyn-bridge

(4)  Bill Requiring Higher Wages Puts Council Leader on the Spot  (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/nyregion/living-wage-bill-may-put-christine-quinn-on-the-spot.html

(5)  City Council Takes on ICE Deportations  (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/10/02/2011-10-02_city_council_crafts_bill_to_protect_immigrants_from_deportation_at_rikers_island.html

(6)  Di$count Dracula  (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/di_count_dracula_2ZXn3qX2vMjCltj4E6EseL

(7)  No Kidding! Firm Locks Playground  (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/no_kidding_firm_locks_playground_eH8pMZXLBaYyJvYOu7xWPJ

(8)  Horse ‘Thieves’ Hit Central Park  (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/horse_thieves_hit_park_UU99ctBkhFLsfdArKBX7EM

(9)  Mayor’s Girlfriend Says President Obama ‘Has a Lot to Learn’  (DNA Info)
http://www.dnainfo.com/20111002/manhattan/mayor-bloombergs-girlfriend-says-president-obama-has-lot-learn