🌱 Adams Announces Budget At Kings Theater + East NY Gang Busted

Hey, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here are the most important things happening in town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; windy, cooler. High: 55 Low: 38.

Here are the top three stories in Ditmas Park-Flatbush today:

1. Mayor Adams took an upbeat tone on Tuesday when he presented his final city budget proposal at Flatbush's historic Kings Theater. The Mayor's nearly $100 billion budget, one of the largest in NYC history, increases funding to the police department, as well as to increasing beds in the city's shelter system. (New York City Patch)
2. Barrio Solar, a local nonprofit initiative, is providing free and low-cost solar panels to low-income families across Brooklyn. They'll even provide you with the funds to set it up. (Brooklyn Reader)
3. Members of East New York's 'Bamalife' gang were charged on multiple accounts of wreaking havoc in their own and neighboring communities. Recent altercations they've committed include allegedly opening fire and terrorizing guests at a 6-year-old's birthday party, and a mass-shooting in Bed-Stuy that injured eight people. (New York City Patch)

Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Brooklyn Community Board 14’s 15th Annual Youth Conference, LeFrak Center at Lakeside
  Prospect Park (4–7 p.m.)
• NYPD 70th Precinct community council meeting, online via Zoom (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's a real estate round-up for the Ditmas Park and Flatbush area. (Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch)
• Councilwoman Farah Louis is hosting an "adopt-a-mom" Mother's Day gift drive through her office, now through May 4. (Twitter)
• Today marks Denim Day, a day of advocacy against domestic violence and sexual assault. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen