By Heather Grossmann
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — The city's movement to ban smoking extends to your living room as landlords create "no-smoking" buildings. [nytimes.com]
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani hit the talk show circuit yesterday to warn of the doom and gloom he thinks self-admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial will bring to the city... [observer.com]
...while the White House runs defense on the (alarmist?) messaging. [nydailynews.com]
City Hall's renovation will cost $90 million, 50 percent more than was anticipated. [nypost.com]
The City Council will vote on a five minute grace period for parking meter users. [DNAinfo.com]
Gov. David Paterson says he will not enact a proposed $25 license plate fee if the legislature works with him to find alternatives for fixing the budget gap. [timesunion.com]
But the governor and the legislature aren't playing too well together on the budget. Things between state Democrats — most notably state Sen. Carl Krueger — and the governor are getting "heated." [nydailynews.com]
Tthe state Republicans aren't happy with the budget plans, either — they say Democrats are hoping to alleviate New York's budget crisis by taxing health services. [nypost.com]
Sen. Chuck Schumer says a federal loophole in gun control allowed accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan to buy a gun. [nydailynews.com]
Celebrities use their star power to try and stop the city from building a sanitation facility in TriBeCa. [nytimes.com, DNAinfo.com]
Check out Rev. Al Sharpton on the cover of Ebony. [twitter.com]