–The Strand, experiencing a catastrophic loss in business due to COVID-19, is asking for help. [Gothamist]

–Jing Fong, Chinatown’s largest restaurant, reopens for indoor dining. “But the elephant in the room, as it is with many restaurants around the city, is rent. While the Lam family (Jing Fong’s owners) placated the landlord with some of the restaurant’s Paycheck Protection Program money, they haven’t paid their rent in full for seven months, and there are no official discussions about waiving even a portion of it. That bill will come due at some point. Even if their business recovers with indoor dining as well as the Lam family hopes, the survival of Manhattan’s largest Chinese restaurant is uncertain.” [Eater]

–A new report illustrates just how devastating job losses have been in New York’s Asian communities. [NY1]

–Mission Chinese is gone from the Lower East Side but the controversy over the restaurant’s toxic work culture lives on.  Danny Bowien has gone public, addressing a multitude of allegations from former employees. [Eater]

–Police were investigating after the body of an 87-year-old man was found in an apartment on Grand Street. [AM New York]

–Even though the mayor has delayed the opening of new jails to replace Rikers Island, plans are moving forward for the design of a new Chinatown jail. [The City]

–Part of the argument for rezoning Soho is that it could lead to more affordable housing construction, but the truth is there are very few available building sites in the neighborhood. Here’s a look at what could be realistically built and where. [Curbed]

–Tyrese Haspil pleads not guilty in the murder of his former boss, tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh. The grizzly crime happened in Saleh’s Lower East Side condo. [The Daily News]

–Cancel rent? Chinatown landlord Jan Lee says it’s not quite so simple: “All of these things that you hear about ‘well, just cancel the rent and the landlord will find a way to make it happen,’ that is not true for the most part for a lot of immigrant landlords and particularly those landlords who are people of color, and there’s a lot of us.” [Channel 2]

–Chloë Sevigny introduces her baby to the wonders of B&H Dairy. [The New Yorker]

–Touring the East Village with Luc Sante. [The New York Times]

–Meet the award winning teacher, Lou Lahana, who runs an innovative program at the Lower East Side’s P.S. 188 that uses art and technology to confront homelessness. [Chalkbeat]

–Remembering Chhapte Sherpa, a beloved member of the Russ & Daughters family, whose “smile, good humor, positive attitude, insightfulness, and care for others made every day better by just being around him.” [Russ & Daughters Instagram]