🌱 Chinatown Stabbing Suspect + Arrests Made At Anarchy Row

Happy Friday, neighbors! I am your host Patrick Murray here with 3 headlines to kick off your morning.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and mild with a high of 62 and a low of 46.

Here are the top stories in Lower East Side-Chinatown today:

1. Police are searching for 55-year-old Shen Bin Weng, who is now considered a person of interest and potential suspect in the stabbing death of 58-year-old Qi Rui Weng on Monday. Responding officers found the victim with stab wounds across his body, and he was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. A video clip shows Shen Bin Weng walking south on Pike Street shortly after the incident. (WABC-TV)
2. Police arrested a homeless activist and a handful of supporters during Wednesday's standoff at the Lower East Side's "Anarchy Row." Johnny Grima was eventually put in handcuffs at 3:58 p.m., after making it clear that he would rather be living on the street than in a shelter. The standoff attracted the likes of local Councilperson Carlina Rivera and her colleagues, all of whom are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to stop the sweeps of homeless encampments. (NY City Lens)
3. Opponents of the sale of the Knickerbocker Village to L&M Development protested the deal in the cold weather at the end of March. The historic, Depression-era development falls under a rare affordable housing program called Article IV, and sits in a Two Bridges area under enormous development pressure. (The Village Sun)

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Today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

• "The Immortal One" screening at The Metrograph. (4:30 p.m.)
• Live music at Mercury Lounge. (6 p.m.)
• Live music at Arlene's Grocery. (7 p.m.)
• Trevor Hall at Irving Plaza. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Check out these five open houses in your area. (Lower East Side-Chinatown Patch)
• Marie and Donnie are two Dalmatian puppies available for adoption at Animal Haven! (Facebook)
• Stoned Pizza to occupy the vacant storefront at 302 Broome St. (Bowery Boogie)

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— Patrick Murray