Monday’s Links Worth Following

• NY rooftop deck owner fires 'Apprentice' producers
  The dirt is flying between Donald Trump's producers for TV's "Celebrity Apprentice" and the owner of the city's biggest, glitziest rooftop garden.
• Cuts hurt New York environment department, officials say
  Budget and staffing cuts were hurting the ability of the Department of Environmental Conservation to do its job well, fired Commissioner Pete Grannis and his successor told an Assembly hearing Thursday.
• Jobless benefits to expire as Congress debates tax
  Jobless benefits will run out for 2 million people during the holiday season unless they are renewed by a Congress that's focusing more attention on a quarrel over preserving tax…
• Sinclair Threatens to Pull Fox 68, My 43 off Cable
  You probably heard of the well-hyped corporate battle between Fox and Comcast over cable TV carriage… but since Comcast doesn’t operate here, you probably didn’t care that much. But now, there’s a corporate battle that could upset local cable television customers when the new year rings in:
• Adirondack landowners sue paddler over stream use
  The owners of private land between two Adirondack wilderness lakes are suing a canoeist who paddled a stream crossing the parcel to assert the public's navigation rights.
• Time Warner Cable to offer no-frills package that could please subscribers and annoy programmers | Company Town | Los Angeles Times
  The new package, called "TV Essentials," will carry about 50 channels and be tested in New York City and parts of Ohio. Time Warner Cable said the package is valued at $49.99 per month

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