Ouch! We constantly hear about cutting and slashing in Albany, though it usually involves the budget. But state Senator Brad Hoylman, above, recently had a frightening accident where he severely cut his ring finger and pinkie. Hoylman told us it happened several weeks ago when he was up at the state Legislature and was gripping read more here »

Something in the Airbnb? At the Village Independent Democrats’ May 30 endorsement meeting, Assemblymember Keith Wright spoke on behalf of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s re-election bid. That much we understood. What we eventually didn’t quite get, though, was when Wright started riffing about other various issues he’s been dealing with and specifically got on the topic read more here »

Kardashians take Soho, Part II: It looks like the Kardashian crew will be taking over yet another Soho space, but this time it’s going to be a whole building. Last Thursday — as a huge crowd of paparazzi, fans and gawkers crowded outside — Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian toured 63 Spring St., at the northwest read more here »

From Fish to Chick: The former Max Fish bar space on Ludlow St. is now Sweet Chick, a comfort-food place. John Seymour, above right, Sweet Chick’s owner, posed for a photo with Ricky Powell, a.k.a. the “Original NYC Street Photographer.” Powell, a Greenwich Village native, rose to fame with the Beastie Boys. They’re GELL’in! The read more here »

Congressional summit: We had a sit-down this week with Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, who isn’t facing a Democratic primary challenger. But there is a Republican aiming to run against her, Nicholas S. Di Iorio, under the catchy slogan, “Nick for New York.” Anyway, Maloney brought us up to speed on everything she’s been up to. Of course, read more here »

Jane’s School — sounds great! Local education and parent leaders are set on making the future middle school at 75 Morton St. truly a model of what a new school can be when the community is closely involved in shaping it from the start — down to the actual physical facility itself. There have been read more here »

Rent freeze — for real? When he was running for mayor and a few times since, Bill de Blasio has said he supports a rent freeze for rent-regulated apartments, according to tenant activist Michael McKee. However, the proposals offered by the Rent Guidelines Board last month don’t equal “rent freeze,” McKee stressed. By an 8-to-1 read more here »

Holy tweet! Local Episcopal churches definitely have each other’s backs. After the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted on May 6 to approve a shorter design for Church of St. Luke in the Fields’ planned residential tower at Barrow and Greenwich Sts., Pastor Winnie Varghese, of St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, tweeted out our article about read more here »

Airbnb gives it up: The online “home-sharing” company Airbnb has agreed to comply with a May 14 subpoena from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — ending, for now, a legal battle that had recently gained steam when the A.G. was forced to reissue his subpoena after it was initially blocked due to a technicality. Schneiderman’s office read more here »