••• From Senator Daniel Squadron’s office: “DoE has heeded our call to add 180 new seats to the future school at Peck Slip, bringing the total to 656.” It’s not opening till 2015 though.

••• “The Hunt” column in the New York Times focused on Vivek and Roshini Nasta, who left FiDi for Battery Park City.

••• “The art group [BOFFO Building Fashion] behind the pop-up spaces on Walker Street this fall is scrambling to raise money to finish a series of displays after over-spending $30,000 on its first exhibit by Lady Gaga stylist Nicola Formichetti.” Donate on Kickstarter. —DNAinfo

••• “Twenty-one restaurant workers [at Milk Street Café] lost their jobs last week because of the Occupy Wall Street protests, the cafe owner said Tuesday.” —DNAinfo