Lower East Side Links

Marcello Trebitsch, Assemblyman Sheldon Silver’s son-in-law pleads guilty in a $6 million Ponzi scheme (New York Times).

State disclosure forms show Silver gave a loan to two residents of the Grand Street cooperatives (Post).

It looks like the new owner of the former Streit’s Matzo Factory on Rivington Street is trying to purchase “air rights” to put up a larger apartment building than current zoning would allow (Curbed).

The filmmaker/performance artist who robbed a Chinatown bank is going to prison for a year (New York Times).

Has a “homeless stalker” prompted model Gigi Hadid to move out of her Bowery condo? (Page Six)

Ben Shaoul says the party is over on the roof of Bloom 62 (EV Grieve).

“Shakespeare in the Parking Lot” at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center: “A fine welcome to a funky new home.” (New York Times)