••• Barry Tune, “a 20-year-old handcuffed shoplifter who jumped out of a marked police vehicle in Tribeca and fled into a subway tunnel, setting off an NYPD manhunt, was caught early Friday, ” reported the Daily News (but DNAinfo says his name was Magsayo Cruz…?) “Tune managed to get out the cuffs after escaping, the source said. Tune is the seventh prisoner since June to escape and leave cops red-faced.” ABC7NY tweeted that two officers have been suspended as a result.

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••• “Borough President Gale Brewer said Thursday that she and Councilwoman Margaret Chin will take over the School Overcrowding Task Force left rudderless after the conviction last month of Sheldon Silver. Brewer said it would be a joint effort that includes state Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblymember Deborah Glick.” —Downtown Express

••• “When the 250 Vesey Street outpost [of Saks Men’s Store] opens in spring 2017, it will do so with a design that ‘stresses experimental shopping,’ like made-to-measure and bespoke services, the paper also noted.” —Racked

••• The recipe for Houseman‘s roasted-squash salad. —New York Times