–The family of David A. Cohen, a longtime Lower East Side landlord, has sold a strip of low-slung buildings at 162-166 Bowery (near Delancey Street) to investor Ari Zagdanski for $23.5 million. [The Real Deal]
–Our Congresswoman, Nydia Velazquez, released a report showing that Donald Trump’s budget proposal would mean a $3 billion loss in funding for New York. “For someone who calls himself a New Yorker, President Trump’s budget is an insult to our city,” Velázquez said. [New York Post]
–State Sen. Daniel Squadron says the Republican-controlled Senate is holding mayoral control of NYC’s public schools to its conservative policy agenda. [WNYC]
—We told you yesterday about an elderly Lower East Side resident who went missing. Good news: 80-year-old Yulun Zeng has been found.
–Katz’s Deli is named the best casual restaurant in America. [The Daily Meal]
–The millennials of the Lower East Side (those aspiring socialists!) are loving the Lenin statue, now standing proud atop his new home on Norfolk Street. [Channel 11]
–It’s Mind F*ck Night at the Lower East Side Film Festival. [Facebook]
