–A bus driver was arrested after a fatal bus crash in Virginia that left two people dead. The bus was operated by Tao Travel under the name Starline Express, with a final destination of Canal Street in Chinatown. Police said the driver was speeding. [Daily News]

–A driver has been charged with, “failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care” in a crash that killed a 90-year-old pedestrian at the intersection of Bowery and Bayard streets this past November. [Patch]

–An investigation finds that eight of Jared Kushner’s East Village buildings are illegally occupied. [The Real Deal]

–The F Train has a 50% on time rate, the worst in the entire subway system. Here’s a look at why the lettered lines in general perform so much worse than the numbered ones. [New York Times]

–Local State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou and two Albany colleagues, “share a progressive vision and a 7-room apartment.” [New York Times]

–A new exhibition in an empty lot on Ludlow Street gives passersby a view of live streamed images of Earth from a NASA satellite. [Untapped Cities]

–A federal appeals court appeared sympathetic to Sheldon Silver’s latest bid to throw out his conviction on public corruption charges. He remains free on bail until the appeals run their course. [Daily News]

–The Cooper Square Committee launches a campaign to convince the Archdiocese of New York to allow affordable housing to be built on the former Church of the Nativity site on 2nd Avenue. [Gothamist]

–Supporters and opponents of affordable senior housing on the Elizabeth Street Garden site met face to face at a City Planning Commission meeting. [Curbed]

–Here’s a preview of the new Essex Street Market which will be opening after Easter. [NY1]

–The social enterprise business, the GrandLo cafe, celebrates its second birthday Saturday. [Facebook]

–Around 500 apartments have now been completed in the big Essex Crossing project. The 14-screen Regal movie theater is scheduled to open by the end of the month with the first phase of the Market Line debuting in May. [Commercial Observer]

–A building owner on East 13th Street is trying to nullify leases in bankruptcy court. The city and the state AG are stepping in on the tenants’ behalf. [Channel 4]

–The de Blasio administration is resurrecting a Bloomberg-era plan to build out into the East River, below the Brooklyn Bridge, as part of its latest resiliency scheme. [Gothamist]

–Documenting  “the fashion kids, the art kids, the theatre kids, the who-knows-what kids” in Corlears Hook Park. [The New Yorker]

–Local organizations can sign up to take part in Lower East Side History Month [Google Form]