The New Yorkian

Snarled Commutes, Squabbling Agencies and Amtrak’s Penn Station Responsibilities The task of moving people around the New York City area falls to a tangle of agencies. But when something goes awry, it’s up to Amtrak to sort it out. {$excerpt:n}…

David Peel, Downtown Singer and Marijuana Evangelist, Dies at 74 Mr. Peel’s best-known song was “I Like Marijuana.” His best-known friends were John Lennon and Yoko Ono. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Metropolitan Diary: Finding a Familiar Signature A sea of books yields a link to a source of a woman’s lifelong love of reading. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

5Pointz Graffiti Artists Whose Works Were Erased Will Get Day in Court The nearly two dozen artists, who are suing the Queens complex’s landlord, hope their case might establish street art as a legitimate contribution worthy of protection. {$excerpt:n} Source:…

Side Street: A Priest’s Legacy: Blessing His Flock, and Organizing It The Rev. Neil Connolly took an activist role for more than half a century in the Bronx and on the Lower East Side. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

With ‘Listening Tour,’ de Blasio Tries Courting Staten Island. Again. The island hasn’t always been kind to the mayor. But as he plans a satellite city hall in each borough before November’s election, guess which one is his first stop.…

Candidates Line Up Behind Legacy of Former Brooklyn District Attorney Those running for the post once held by Ken Thompson, who died last year, are promising to build on his work to change the criminal justice system. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…

Eugene Lang, Investor Who Made College Dreams a Reality, Dies at 98 One of Mr. Lang’s many acts of generosity came in a spur-of-the-moment promise to an East Harlem sixth-grade class that he would pay for their college educations. {$excerpt:n}…