🌱 Flatbush Dog Found + Students Mixed About Mask Rules Changing

Hello, neighbors! Dashiell Allen here with the latest issue of the Ditmas Park-Flatbush Daily.

First, today's weather:

Snow and rain, 1-2"; colder. High: 37 Low: 31.

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

1. A Flatbush woman was reunited with her six-month old dog Ella Tuesday, who appears to have been stolen by an Uber Eats driver two days prior. A man who returned the dog to its owner is now in custody. (News 12 Connecticut)
2. At schools in Flatbush, students have mixed reactions to the city's decision to remove mask requirements for children over five years old. Students at a school in the Erasmus High School building reported that 80% of their peers were still wearing masks. Those that weren't said their peers didn't seem to mind. (Chalkbeat New York)
3. Anti-Semitic hate crimes were up 400% in February compared to last year, with 56 official incidents reported around New York City. Two incidents occurred in Flatbush mid-month. (JTA News - Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
4. State Senator Zellnor Myrie recently introduced a bill that would define the illegal conversion of a housing unit–such as from rent regulated to market rate–as a form of tenant harassment. (Brooklyn Reader)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Karaoke Wednesday at BK Lobster Flatbush, 589 Flatbush Ave. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's a new pilates class from the Flatbush YMCA. (Facebook)
• The Church Avenue and Flatbush Avenue BIDs (business improvement districts) are hiring a communications and outreach manager. (Twitter)
• Listen to AM Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's remarks commemorating International Women's Day. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen