New York

Lee's Art Shop to Shutter as Midtown Towers Sprout Around It By JAMES BARRON The store, a longtime fixture on West 57th Street, is at one end of a half-mile stretch that is being reshaped and redefined by luxury high-rises. A Brooklyn Ambulance Service Speaks Chinese, Like Its Patients By SARAH MASLIN NIR Midwood Ambulance, a private company, started the new service last month to cater to New York City's growing Asian-American population. THE APPRAISAL Gentrification's Latest Victims: New York's Feral Cats By MATT A.V. CHABAN As the city's vacant lots, old factories and former warehouses are being redeveloped, colonies of cats are forced to find new habitats. For more New York news, go to NYTimes.com/NewYork »