In New York City the unemployment "tsunami is still making its way across the ocean," reaching 5.2 percent in May. [NY Times]
The Macon branch of the Brooklyn Public Library reopened on Thursday after a two-year renovation. [NY Times]
The vice president of the MTA board backed off free passes for members, and said he would vote in favor of revoking unlimited free travel. [NY Times]
An engineer at a Brooklyn cite where a worker was killed in March has been charged with fraud. [NY Times]
The girlfriend of the missing hedge fund fugitive who faked his own suicide to avoid prison was charged with aiding and abetting his escape. [NY Times]
Court papers that were unsealed yesterday suggest that murdered real estate swindler Andrew Kissel was killed over a pile of cash stacked in his Greenwich home. [NY Post]
The CEO of Fresh Direct has resigned. [Crain’s]
