Je Lis Charlie: On Tuesday, New Yorkers were able to purchase the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo, published on schedule by the grief-stricken colleagues of the magazine’s four lead cartoonists, Cabut, Charb, Wolinsky and Tignous, who were murdered by two militant extremists firing AK-47s into their weekly editorial meeting on Jan. 7 in Paris. Six other read more here »

Movin’ on up: With many of her Downtown friends and allies on hand, Kathryn Freed was recently sworn in as a New York State Supreme Court justice. A former city councilmember for Lower Manhattan’s District 1, Freed was term-limited out of the Council, and in 2004 was elected a Civil Court judge. Last year, she read more here »

On the waterfront: We got the story from Borough President Gale Brewer this week on what went down between her and Franz Leichter and why the former state senator recently abruptly announced — as The Villager reported last week after he sent us a copy of his resignation letter — that he is stepping down from read more here »

Call it a dynasty: The new president of the Village Independent Democrats political club is Nadine Hoffmann, who succeeds her husband, Tony, in the position. Hoffmann faced a challenge by Jim Fouratt, though he actually ultimately withdrew from the race. Before club members cast their votes, each candidate spoke for 10 minutes, followed by 10 read more here »

Babbo battle (Nuri’s nightmare): Nuri Akgul, who lives next to Mario Batali’s Babbo on Waverly Place, recently filed a $10 million lawsuit over noise and odors from the super-chef’s restaurant. Akgul told us that while Batali did succeed in getting a second variance for a 10-year extension for Babbo — which is located in a read more here »

Saving senior center: The news is sounding much better on the threatened senior day center at Our Lady of Pompeii Church, at Bleecker and Carmine Sts. State Senator Brad Hoylman tells us, “The archdiocese has stepped in and is facilitating negotiations between Greenwich House and Our Lady of Pompeii to renew the lease. Conversations involve read more here »

Cleopatra panic: Well, Allen Roskoff has done it again — but, really, what did we expect? The president of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club — working with a clearly talented yet mysterious, unknown designer — has created the invite for his annual Roskoff Holiday Party, and as usual, it takes a pop at various read more here »

Seeing red: So what’s the story with those red CitiBikes that sport “Annie” on their fender? Spotting one is about as rare as espying a northern hairy-nose wombat. Dani Simons, director of marketing and external affairs for NYC Bicycle Share LLC, explained, “The red CitiBikes are to promote the new movie remake of ‘Annie.’ CitiBike read more here »

Good P.R. for police: Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has brought Michael Julian — a former chief who served under him — out of retirement, appointing him the Police Department’s deputy commissioner of training. A former commander of the East Village’s Ninth Precinct, Julian left the force to run security at Madison Square Garden and Rockefeller Center. read more here »