Graphic: http://www.mta.info

Metrocards may be on the rise next year because the MTA has no money. Start panicking. (Gothamist)

And Columbia had to give out fewer faculty awards because we don’t have a whole lot of, say, discretionary income. (Spectator)

Bike groups like Critical Mass are getting the legislative equivalent of a cop’s two-handed shove, and will be forced to organize events like, well, every other protest-ish group in the city. (The New York Times)

That HUGE, SEX- AND DRUG-FILLED David Paterson story isn’t so big after all. (The New York Times)

Coney Island will open a new amusement park, Luna Park, next year. Cheap amusements! (New York Post)