Wednesday Links

Minority Businesses Struggle to Secure City Contracts [NY Times]
The Bears and the State of Housing [NY Times]
Foxy Brown Avoids Felony Rap [NY Post]
NYC Taxies Easiest to Hail, Rudest [NY Daily News]
Best Shopping Deals in Fort Greene [NY Daily News]
Weird School Calendar Irks Parents [NY Daily News]
Man Shot on Bond Street in Gowanus [Brooklyn Paper]
Scaffolding Collapses on Court Street [Brooklyn Eagle]
A Renovated Townhouse in Williamsburg [WSJ]
In Bed-Stuy, a Tipping Point? [NYO]
May 21, 2012 | 02:16 PM