🌱16 Bed-Stuy Schools Deal With COVID + Crime Spotlight

Happy Saturday, people of Bed-Stuy! Here's everything you need to know going on in Bed-Stuy today.

First, today's weather:

Sun giving way to clouds. High: 48 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories in Bed-Stuy today:

1. It's a Scam! Con Artist Randuel 'Randy' Howard Sandiford Scams NYers Throughout Brooklyn (bushwickdaily.com)
2. The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Bed-Stuy (Brooklyn Reader)
3. 16 Bed-Stuy Schools Dealing With COVID-19 Cases: DOE (Bed-Stuy Patch).
4. Lottery opens for 24 income-restricted condos in Bed-Stuy, available to buy from $204K (6Sqft)

Today in Bed-Stuy:

• Basketball, Step, Cheer, Drumline, and Dance (FREE TRYOUTS) (9:00 AM)
• Grab & Go kits-Red Hook - Brooklyn Public Library (10:00 AM)
• Citizenship Exam Prep Group - Brooklyn Public Library (11:00 AM)
• Grab & Go DIY for Teens - Brooklyn Public Library (11:00 AM)
• Virtual Saturday Storytime - Brooklyn Public Library (11:30 AM)
• Youth Voice Appreciation Day - Juan Morel Campos Secondary School (12:00 PM)
• CyPurr Session: 2021 Holiday Buyers Guide (2:00 PM)
• Repair Shop: Clothing and Textile Mending (2:00 PM)
• Knitting with MS. Cummings - Brooklyn Public Library (2:00 PM)

Bed-Stuy Patch Notebook

• Brooklyn Museum: "How can we memorialize and visualize the extraordinary loss of life caused by COVID-19, even as it continues to rage throughout the world? Media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (@lozanohemmer) responds with A Crack in the Hourglass. For thos..." (Instagram)
• Pratt Institute: "Our top-ranked Associate of Occupational Studies degree in Game Design and Interactive Media will launch a fully online degree program in fall of 2022! The program provides students with the key skills and knowledge needed to meet the ..." (Instagram)
• Pratt Institute: "Our game design program has been ranked as a top program in the country by College Consensus and will now be our first fully online degree program!" (Facebook)
• FAB Fulton: "JUST ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK: Maxwell returns to Brooklyn on The Night Tour on March 30 with Anthony Hamilton and Joe, at Barclays Center! Get tickets on SeatGeek Monday, November 29 at 10am! https://bit.ly/MaxwellBK" (Facebook)
• The Campaign Against Hunger: "It’s about that time for another day of Thanksgiving Distributions! 🌎🦃 . . . nyc #brooklyn #bkny #onlyinnyc #nycliving #communityservice #livinginny" (Facebook)

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— Anna Quinn

About me: Hello readers! My name is Anna Quinn and I cover all things Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights for Patch. I've also covered the west side of Manhattan and 14 other Brooklyn neighborhoods during my time as a Patch reporter. I'm a former Hearst Connecticut reporter, a Loyola Maryland grad and a general news junkie. Tell me your stories at anna.quinn@patch.com and follow @AnnaQuinnPatch on Twitter to read mine.

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