In case you missed these, worth reading:
New York Times, Can Mom-and-Pop Shops Survive Extreme Gentrification? June 5, 2012
New York Magazine, Jon Stewart’s Take on Bloomberg’s Soda Ban June 1, 2012
Metro NY, New Yorkers Ready to Witness and Record Geese Killing May 29, 2012
New York Times, Amanda Burden Wants to Remake New York. She has 19 Months Left May 18, 2012 (Amanda Burden is Chair of the City Planning Commission. This is a bit of a puff piece but the related comments are amazing and insightful.)