2 Attacking woman with baseball bat: 5 NYC stories you absolutely must read

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1. An 18-year-old man was extradited from Panama and returned to Brooklyn to face charges in the murder of a 15-year-old boy, prosecutors said. (Read more on Patch.)

2. The City Council passed a massive $112.4 billion spending plan this week, and it’s clear that the two Upper East Side council members have once again succeeded in securing discretionary funds. (Read more on Patch.)

3. A new affordable housing lottery has opened on the Upper West Side for residents earning less than $200,000. (Read more on Patch.)

4. A 43-year-old man was arrested late last week after police say he groped a woman on a southbound platform on the A train on the Upper West Side. (Read more on Patch.)

5. A 58-year-old woman was attacked by two unidentified men with a baseball bat as she walked down a Manhattan street last week, police said. (Read more on Patch.)