🌱 Election Day + Vax Mandate 'Worked' + Halloween In Brooklyn

Happy Tuesday, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Today is general Election Day, so don't forget to vote. There's no need to be registered for a political party. Find your polling site and a sample ballot here.

First, today's weather:

A passing afternoon shower. High: 54 Low: 40.

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

1. Today is the long-awaited Election Day across the city. Democrat Eric Adams took a reporter on a walk through Brooklyn Heights, where his main message was how to breathe calmly to reduce anxiety, while Republican Curtis Sliwa brought the same reporter into his studio apartment filled with 15 rescue cats. For more on the election check out Patch's coverage. In District 40, it's Rita Joseph (Democrat) vs. Constantine Jean-Pierre (Conservative). (NBC New York)
2. De Blasio says that his vaccine mandate "worked," even as roughly 9,000 municipal workers took unpaid time off on Monday and a number got last-minute religious exemptions. Over 3,000 got shots over the past weekend. (NYC Patch)
3. Unlike last year, the streets of Brooklyn were filled with festivities over Halloween weekend. Here's some photos from across the Borough - from Greenpoint to Coney Island. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• The Cultural Academy of Arts and Sciences is going fully remote for Election Day (All day)
• Election Day – city-wide (6 a.m. - 9 p.m.)
• Introduction to Acro Yoga on Nostrand Ave. (7 p.m.)

Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch Notebook

• Brooklyn Museum: "Our fall exhibition and public program season is in full swing! Stop by throughout November for uniquely Brooklyn experiences, including two can’t-miss talks on the remarkable lives of Catherine Dior and Andy Warhol." (Instagram)
• Flatbush YMCA: Circuit Training with Jonathan online recording (Facebook)
• Kings Theater: THIS JUST IN: Academy Award-winner Spike Lee will be moderating Will Smith: An Evening of Stories with Friends on Tuesday, Nov. 9. (Twitter)
• Flatbush State Senator Kevin Parker endorsed Byron Brown, a write-in candidate, for Mayor of Buffalo (Twitter)

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