🌱LES Shooting Suspect Arrested + Chinatown Jail Protest + Seward Park

Good day, neighbors! I am your host, Patrick Murray here with three fresh headlines to kick off your Friday.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cooler with a high of 68 and a low of 52.

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

1. The NYPD arrested a Lower East Side man wanted in connection to a December 2021 shooting that left a man injured in Brooklyn. The 41-year-old suspect, Craig Fambro, was charged with attempted murder, menacing, criminal possession of a controlled substance, reckless endangerment, two counts of assault and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Two other unidentified suspects remain at large. (AMNY)
2. The construction of the new Chinatown jail complex continues to be strongly opposed by the community. Chants of "no new jail" echoed throughout Baxter Street on Wednesday morning, where locals lined up, blocking construction tin crews from starting work on the new jail. The new Manhattan Detention Complex is part of a plan to build four borough-based jails that would replace Riker's Island. (WABC-TV)
3. The rehabilitation of the Seward Park School park is nearing completion. Nearly six months after the area was destroyed by digging, the play-area known as the Seward Park Oval is on a steady pace to be completed on time. The site will feature a 43,200 square-foot oval to accommodate a new soccer field, tennis court, and a handball court. (Bowery Boogie)

Today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

• "The King of Comedy" screening at The Metrograph. (4:30 p.m.)
• River Whyless, live at Mercury Lounge. (6 p.m.)
• Breaking Sound NYC at Pianos. (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Billie is an 8-year-old cat available for adoption at Animal Haven! (Facebook)
• Join the Tenement Museum on April 26 for a live-streamed Tenement Talk with historian Daniel Soyer. (Facebook)
• Take note of the Museum at Eldridge Street's Passover Holidays Hours. (Facebook)
• Read up on a few of NYC's best food tours. (Gotham | Modern Luxury)
• Check out five properties for sale in your area. (Lower East Side-Chinatown Patch)

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— Patrick Murray