••• Eater has more about the plans for 79 Walker (at Cortlandt Alley): “In an email to Eater, [Hogsalt’s Brendan] Sodikoff wrote that the restaurant will not be an Au Cheval if they can’t get the board to approve specific hours of operation, which were not immediately accepted by the Community Board. Sodikoff’s team wanted a 6 a.m. liquor license starting time, and the board only wanted 10 a.m., though the community was generally very supportive of the restaurant, Fredrickson says. Sodikoff also said he needs late night hours for the concept to work. ‘Without the hours, no Au Cheval,’ Sodikoff writes. ‘It’s going to be a long process. Maybe it works. Maybe it doesn’t depending on our ability to operate. If NYC wants an Au Cheval in that location, [write] the community board and let them know to approve our hours.'”

••• “A cab driver died when she had a medical episode and crashed on South End Avenue on Thursday morning.” —DNAinfo

••• “State Senator Daniel Squadron […] introduced a bill, now pending in the State Senate, which would require the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to post on its website copies of New York State tax returns filed by any person holding the office of President or Vice President of the United States. This law would not apply to federal tax returns.” —Broadsheet

••• “Lightstone Group is seeking EB-5 funds for its 228-unit Financial District condominium tower, which will be designed by noted architect David Adjaye and is expected to be valued at $701 million. The developer recently launched a teaser site for the 800-foot building at 130 William Street, which it is calling the Wall Street Tower. On Lightstone’s EB-5 website, the company is seeking $100 million, or 18 percent of the project’s total cost, from investors, and is marketing the project to investors in China and Vietnam.” —Real Deal

••• “The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the proposal for 121 Chambers Street [a.k.a. 103 Reade], signing off on plans for the Civil War-era building in Tribeca to grow by two stories and double its residential unit count. […] The expansion also comes with a full restoration of the existing structure, which will be handled mostly at the LPC staff level. It includes replacement of all windows, restoration of vault lights, reconfiguration of storefronts, and removal of of the fire escape on Reade Street.” —YIMBY

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