••• “A ferry crash on the East River that injured 80 people last year was caused by captain’s error and a poor design on the ferry’s high-tech bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.” —New York Times

••• “In exchange for preserving a form of rent stabilization at Gateway Plaza, the LeFrak Organization (the owner of the complex) has been paid a subsidy (in the form of reduced ground rent) of at least $198 million since 1998, according to an analysis of financial documents from the Battery Park City Authority.” —Broadsheet

••• “Days after filing a $100 million class action lawsuit against the landlord and management of Gateway Plaza on behalf of a fellow tenant of the complex, Democratic District Leader Jenifer Rajkumar is dealing with an ethical crisis of her own. Rajkumar, who spoke openly about the suit a day after it was filed by her law firm, Sanford Heisler, on April 1, suddenly went silent after she was accused of plagiarizing the suit from a draft previously written by two other law firms. —Downtown Express UPDATE: “The law firms of Morgan & Morgan, Newman Ferrara, and Sanford Heisler today teamed up to help bring relief to the tenants of Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City,” says a press release. “Morgan & Morgan and Newman Ferrara noted that they withdraw all allegations of any impropriety filed in New York Supreme Court against Ms. Rajkumar and Sanford Heisler.”

••• Proof that everybody in Tribeca is pregnant. —Well Rounded

Photograph by Mariliana Arvelo of Stylish & Hip Kids Photography; courtesy Well Rounded

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