Afternoon Links: New Homeowner Finds Human Skeleton in East New York Home

In the News
When the Kitchen Is Also a Bedroom: Overcrowding Worsens in New York [NYT]
Fully Clothed Skeleton Found in Long-Vacant East New York Home [NYP]
SUNY Downstate Blew Through $1.3 Million in No-Bid Contracts: State Audit [NYP]
Brooklyn Judge Rules Feds Can’t Force Apple to Unlock Convicted Drug Dealer’s iPhone [NYDN]
Crown Heights Housing Rehab Program a Failure as Buildings Remain Abandoned, Decrepit [NYDN]
NYPD Investigates Rash of Animal Deaths in Bay Ridge [Pix11]
Brooklyn Heights House Tours End as Instagrammers Magnify Privacy Concerns [DNA]

Yesterday we wrote about Robert Moses’s massive impact on Brooklyn and NYC at large. As we said, not all are in favor of his work. Read on for one commenter’s thoughts.

Comment of the Day

I was in the Bronx last week. He sure chopped that up with highways. It’s like a series of islands with no crossings except by vehicle.

— Bessie in How Master Builder Robert Moses Transformed Brooklyn as We Know It

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