Morning Reads: Fireworks Return to East Side, Rapfogel Relief Fund, Streit’s on Sunday Morning

By
Ed Litvak
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The mayor is bringing the Fourth of July fireworks show back to the East River (Daily News).

Members of the Orthodox Jewish community have set a goal of raising $3 million in support of William Rapfogel, who’s accused in an elaborate embezzlement scheme (Daily News).

Stanley Cohen says he’s ending “this particular witch hunt.” The liberal attorney who has handled many Lower East Side cases is going to prison (NYT).

“A veritable shantytown” inside the Manhattan Bridge (Post).

The Howl Festival has been postponed (EV Grieve).

Pre-Passover, Streit’s has its Sunday Morning moment (CBS).

Ben Brantley is taken with Richard Maxwell’s “Isolde” at Abrons Arts Center (NYT).

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