Photo by Avi.

March 6, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 42 Degrees.

Notices:
The community board is meeting to vote on the big Upper West Side commercial rezoning proposal tonight at 6:30.

News:
James Harmon, the Upper West Side landlord whose case to end NYC rent regulations is being considered by the Supreme Court, has a rent-stabilized tenant paying $1,000 a month with a  home in Southampton. “The Harmons effectively have been financing the approximately $1,500 monthly mortgage payments on the Long Island home of one of their rent stabilized tenants.” The city and state’s responses to the lawsuit were due yesterday. (WSJ)

Lady Gaga finally visited her dad’s Upper West Side restaurant Joanne Trattoria and even worked as a greeter for awhile. (PopCrush via Eater)

Some folks at Columbia are not so happy that President Obama has chosen to speak at Barnard and not at his alma mater. (NY Times)

Another red-tailed hawk has turned up dead in Central Park. (NY Times)