74-Year-Old Lower East Side Man Reported Missing: NYPD

LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — A Lower East Side man was reported missing Tuesday, the NYPD said.

Edward Muniz, 74, who lives on Forsyth Street next to Sara D. Roosevelt Park, was reported missing Tuesday about 6:40 a.m., police said.

Muniz is described as about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 135 pounds, police said. He was last seen in a white T-shirt and gray shorts. Muniz is hearing impaired, according to police.

Anyone with information in regard to this missing person is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

All calls are strictly confidential.