Bush’s bailout package in jeopardy, as Congressional talks suddenly collapse. [NY Times]
By simplifying Calatrava’s transit mezzanine, Port Authority officials promise 9/11 memorial will be done in time for anniversary. [NY Times]
Starrett City receives final four bids. [NY Times]
Study shows elevators at public housing developments failed most of their recent inspections. [NY Times]
Cuomo subpoenas L.I.R.R. and Railroad Retirement Board officials. [NY Times]
Nashville’s own Midtown offers great second-home possibilities. [NY Times]
Maryland’s Smith Island—a getaway at “the end of the earth.” [NY Times]
Can’t find the funds for that second home? Write a novel. [NY Times]
How your apartment can make or break a relationship. [NYDN]
Tishman Speyer shakes things up at Stuy Town. [NYDN]
An unusual home auction in wealthy Greenwich, but will buyers show up? [NYDN]
Brooklyn’s first Trader Joe’s opens this morning. [NYDN]
Government agencies finally succeed in convicting Queens marina owner of wrongdoing—this time for dumping raw sewage into Jamaica Bay. [NYDN]
Real-life Erin Brockovich to go after asbestos polluters with the help of a big-time NYC law firm. [NY Post]
Bed bugs infest NYC housing courts. [NY Sun]
Tappan Zee Bridge to be replaced, not repaired. [NY Sun]
Port Authority set to miss yet another deadline to turn the land for Tower 2 over to WTC developer Larry Silverstein. [NY Sun]
WaMu sold to J.P. Morgan in largest bank failure in U.S. history. [WSJ]