Must-read headlines from around the city, curated by the WNYC Newsroom.

NYPD
Diallo Cop Gets His Gun Back, 13 Years After Slay (NYP)
Larry Celona reports: “Officer Kenneth Boss, 41, had battled three consecutive police commissioners for the right to carry a gun again, including the current commish, Ray Kelly, who finally agreed to allow him to have the department’s standard 9mm weapon, police sources told The Post. It was unclear why Kelly suddenly changed his mind, the sources added.”

MEDIA
Journalists Sick of Getting Pushed Around by the NYPD (NY Magazine)
Joe Coscarelli reports: “In their ongoing struggle to be recognized and respected by the police, reporters and photographers have once again voiced concerns directly to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. In yet another letter from the National Press Photographer's Association, the group cites both the rough arrest of New York Times photographer Robert Stolarik in August and the Occupy Wall Street anniversary, when cops ‘interfered with, assaulted, detained and in some cases arrested members of the media who were on a public street,’ as usual.”

PUBLIC HEALTH
New Brooklyn Arena Serves as a Test: Will Fans Accept Smaller Sodas? (NYT)
Michael M. Grynbaum reports: “The restrictions, proposed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and approved by the city’s health board, do not take effect until March, but Barclays volunteered to comply with the regulations from the moment it opened on Friday. Minutes before Jay-Z took the stage for the arena’s debut show, Blair Morris, a clinical psychologist from Manhattan, stood by a ketchup cart in the shiny concession hall and squinted at two 16-ounce cups of Diet Coke. ‘Is this the Bloomberg thing?’ she asked, in an annoyed tone.”

ENVIRONMENT
FreshDirect Hires Environmental Activist Majora Carter to Aid in Relocation Bid (NYDN)
Daniel Beekman reports: “Environmental activist Majora Carter is being paid by FreshDirect to help it with its controversial relocation to her backyard. The Sustainable South Bronx founder organized a private meeting last week between local organizations and FreshDirect CEO Jason Ackerman... Her reputation as a champion of "green" jobs could help FreshDirect win grassroots support... But opponents of the relocation plan with concerns about diesel truck traffic and waterfront access are calling Carter a traitor for taking money from the company.”

CRIME
Heavy Price of Domestic Abuse: Victims Left in Debt by Their Tormentors (NYDN)
Erica Pearson reports: “A new study has found that many of the city’s domestic violence victims are saddled with debt by their abusers. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s report, to be released Tuesday, exposes a rarely discussed challenge that many survivors face in addition to their emotional and physical scars.”

POLITICS
Obama’s New York Visits Cost Millions (NYP)
Josh Margolin reports: “President Obama’s frequent trips to New York City — for everything from official appearances to champagne-soaked fund-raisers — have already cost New Yorkers well in excess of $2 million in additional security at Kennedy Airport, The Post has learned. Michelle Obama’s trips to the Big Apple have cost hundreds of thousands more. And those bucks come right out of the treasury of the financially strapped Port Authority, which doesn’t get reimbursed one penny for the honor of hosting the Obamas.”

FDNY
White Firefighters Rally at Brooklyn Federal Court Over FDNY Hiring (NYDN)
Josh Marzulli reports: “More than 200 white firefighters rallied Monday outside a Brooklyn courthouse against the court-ordered fix for the FDNY entrance exam — but a hearing being held inside on the controversy was an almost total bust. Only 36 of the 180 scheduled speakers showed up to object directly to Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis on the first of four days of hearings. Garaufis has ordered a variety of solutions to create a more diverse department, including retroactive seniority and priority hiring of 293 minorities.”

POLITICS
John Gotti, Jr. Attends State Senate Candidate’s Fundraiser (City&State)
Morgan Pehme reports: “Aurelio “Tony” Arcabascio, the Republican challenger to Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, had an usual guest at a fundraiser for his campaign this weekend: John Gotti, Jr. Gotti had extended a private invitation by email to some of his friends to attend a fundraiser this past Sunday at Saggio’s Restaurant in East Norwich, Long Island, a pizzeria owned by Arcabascio’s brother. When he broke the news on Curtis Sliwa’s radio show this morning on AM 970, Sliwa was outraged that the Republican establishment in New York, including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, could be supporting a candidate that Gotti is ‘backing.’ Sliwa was shot in 1992 as part of an attack that federal prosecutors charged Gotti with ordering, though the charges against Gotti were dropped after four attempts to try him.”

CULTURE
‘Rebecca’ Cancellation Sets Investors’ Lawyer in Action (NYT)
Patrick Healy reports: “A lawyer for the lead producer of the recently canceled Broadway musical “Rebecca” said on Monday that criminal investigators had interviewed his client, Ben Sprecher, about the murky circumstances surrounding the last-minute loss of $4.5 million in investor financing, which doomed the show’s chances to open this fall. … On Monday, one day after the musical’s bizarre demise, many other major players in the show — including investors and actors — were consulting lawyers about protecting themselves financially and pursuing possible legal action.”

CRIME
Heavy price of domestic abuse: Victims Often Left in Debt by their Tormenters (NYDN)
Erica Pearson reports: “A new study has found that many of the city’s domestic violence victims are saddled with debt by their abusers. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s report, to be released Tuesday, exposes a rarely discussed challenge that many survivors face in addition to their emotional and physical scars... The problem is especially prevalent among immigrants, who may be afraid to go to authorities, advocates say. Stringer’s survey found embarrassment and fear of immigration trouble were the most common reasons for not seeking help.”

TRANSPORTATION
JetBlue Breaks Ground on $200M JFK Expansion (Crain’s)
Ali Elkin reports: “The 150,000-square-foot arrivals hall will be an extension of Terminal 5, which serves as the airline's main hub. It is scheduled to be completed in early 2015. The section will have three gates and three converted ones for a total of six. It will be known as ‘T5i’ and will stand on the former site of TWA's Terminal 6, where JetBlue operated until moving into Terminal 5 in 2008.”

SPORTS
Uncertainty Over N.J. Formula One (WSJ)
A.J. Baime and Heather Haddon report: “The future of the Grand Prix of America—the first F1 event in the New York City area—was thrown into doubt recently when the motor sport's mercurial chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, was quoted in the Guardian newspaper saying the race no longer had a contract. Then, on Friday, the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, the sport's governing agency in Paris, released a schedule with an asterisk next to the June 16 New Jersey event and a note: ‘TBC,’ interpreted to mean, "to be confirmed." It was the only race of 20 on the schedule with an asterisk.”