Retiring Brooklyn Bishop Replaced + Bed-Stuy Fire • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! It's Thursday, Sept. 30. While the retirement of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was expected, the fact that he was only recently cleared by the Vatican of child abuse charges has left questions to be answered. Meanwhile, Pope Francis wasted no time in naming his replacement. See our story below.

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Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. Three city blocks in Bed-Stuy were tied up Wednesday morning as firefighters battled a blaze at a building on Tompkins Avenue. (Patch.com)
2. There's been a seismic shake-up in the Brooklyn Diocese. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has resigned (after being cleared of child abuse charges by the Vatican) and Bronx-born bishop Robert J. Brennan has been named by Pope Francis to replace him. (Patch.com)
3. This time, it's personal: NYC Mayor de Blasio is making an appeal to Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets to get vaccinated. (New York Daily News)
4. NY Governor Kathy Hochul is expanding virtual court hearings to ease the pressure at Rikers Island. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
5. Here's how a key-slinging cop triggered a sprinkler that flooded a Brooklyn precinct. [Watch] (International Business Times)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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