The Early Word: GOP Continues Effort to Ax MTA Funding

1. State Sen. Dean Skelos, R-Long Island, did not back down from a proposal to slash $770 million from the Metropolitan Transit Authority's budget for big projects like East Side Access and the Second Avenue Subway over the weekend. Despite heavy criticism from MTA chief Joseph Lhota and transit advocates, the Senate GOP continued to advocate for deep spending cuts and freezing the agency's bond cap—potentially derailing crucial maintenance projects throughout the system.

2. Bike owner Casey Neistat conducts an eyeopening video experiment (via the New York Times), seeking to answer the question, "How safe are the city's bikes from theft?" The answer is: Not very, apparently.

3. Consisting of a vinyasa or "flow" style of physical practice, mix creative sequencing, safe alignment and music into a moving meditation. , 372 Clinton Ave. 6:45 p.m. Donation based.

4. A festival of the works of Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski continues with , a work marked by political intrigue, backstabbing and assassinations. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. 7 p.m. $12.

5. Alternate side parking rules are in effect.