🌱 Caribbean Equality Project Fights Hunger + COVID Cases Rising

Happy Tuesday, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush.

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 44 Low: 37.

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

1. The Caribbean Equality Project held a food and essentials distribution event over the weekend, and said they look forward to working with Rita Joseph on addressing food scarcity on a policy level. (Twitter)
2. Mayor-elect Eric Adams appointed five women as deputy mayors, top roles in his incoming administration. "Representation matters. Perspective matters. My administration will understand the people of the city it serves," he said in a statement. (Brooklyn Paper)
3. Wu-Tang Clan's RZA collaborated with the local rap group Flatbush Zombies to make a “Quentin Tarantino”-inspired music video, called "Plug Addicts." Watch it here. (AllHipHop)
4. New York City keeps on shattering COVID-19 case records. On Sunday 22,478 people testing positive in the state, with 12,404 cases in the city. In response to the concerns of many New Yorkers over long wait times to get tested, de Blasio promised he would open far more testing sites this week. You can see at least 9 testing sites in Flatbush and Ditmas Park here. And according to a reporter they're expanding test availability at Kings Hospital. (NYC Patch)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• The GodSquad 67th Precinct Clergy Council 2021 End of Year Reporting & Closing Reception at 4901 Snyder Avenue (6 p.m.)
• Online public safety Community Board 14 meeting (6:30 p.m.)
• Black & Brown MPA-MPH's Christmas Mixer at 708 Rogers Avenue (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Smorgasburg in Prospect Park is holding its annual vendor tasting season, from now through February, when prospective vendors for the summer 2022 season let organizers sample their cooking. You can apply to be part of the Smorgasburg team. (Instagram)
• Jonathan & Melissa from the Flatbush YMCA are putting together a 12-day "fitmas" class series. (Facebook)
• Here's a list of COVID testing sites across Brooklyn. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen