🌱 Caring For Flatbush's Cats + Tax Lien Sale In Limbo

Hello, people of Ditmas Park-Flatbush! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Ditmas Park-Flatbush Daily. Our first story this morning is on the subject of cats🐱

First, today's weather:

Becoming windier, not as cool. High: 60 Low: 54.

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

1. A lot goes into rescuing Brooklyn's feral and stray cat population. Often times well-intentioned cat rescuers in neighborhoods like Flatbush will rub residents the wrong way, after attempting to intrude onto their property to save cats without the owner's permission. “Flatbush is a predominantly Black and Caribbean neighborhood with a long history of white people ‘rescuing’ their cats without speaking to anyone,” according to the organization Flatbush Cats. (Brooklyn Reader)
2. Brooklyn activists and politicians put New York City's controversial property tax lien sale "on trial" over the weekend, arguing that it disproportionately targets poor Black property owners. The lien is set to expire at the end of February, and Mayor Adams has expressed interest in ending it permanently, but it's unclear how. (Brooklyn Reader)
3. Nikki Lucas won a special election for State Assembly in East New York, against Keron Alleyne. The win is significant for the Brooklyn Democratic Party, and especially significant for Party Chair Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• NYPD 70th precinct "Build the Block" community meeting, online, email John.Velez@Nypd.Org for information (7 p.m.)
• Tone & Fit bootcamp dance class at Balmir Dance Studio, 959 Flatbush Ave. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn endorses Brian Benjamin for Lieutenant Governor (Twitter)
• Rita Joseph, a big advocate for improving the city's streets, met with the Department of Transportation. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen