🌱 Schumer On Plan For Lead Pipes + Bowery Mission Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, Lower East Side-Chinatown! I am your host, Patrick Murray, bringing you the latest news from the neighborhood, and wishing you a happy and healthy holiday.

First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy with a high of 56 and a low of 43.

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

1. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, outside of a Lower East Side playground on Wednesday, announced that funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF) will pave the way to a lead-free city. Lead in the water supply has been an issue for decades, and has been particularly impacting the city's low-income communities. The $15 billion infrastructure bill will hopefully be the answer to remedy the long-standing issue. (amNY)
2. Despite rise in food costs, the Bowery Mission continues to go above and beyond on this Thanksgiving to provide food and comfort to those in need. The Bowery Mission has been firm in its goal to help the city's homeless since 1870. About 200 volunteers will be on hand this Thanksgiving Day to distribute meals. (Spectrum News NY1)

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Today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

• Thanksgiving Kids Harvest Cruise 2021. (12:15 p.m.)
• Thanksgiving Dinner at Dirty French. (2 p.m.)

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• Animal Haven: EJ and Pepper are two peas in a little kitty pod. (Facebook)
• "From my family to yours. Have a delicious and a safe one." Thank you to Lower East Side: Back In The Days. (Facebook)

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— Patrick Murray

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