🌱 Kevin Parker Primary Challenge + COVID At East Flatbush School

Good day, neighbors! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Ditmas Park-Flatbush Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 51 Low: 38.

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

1. Flatbush State Senator Kevin Parker is among the politicians facing what could become a competitive primary season this spring. Parker has been criticized by opponents for taking too much money from fossil fuel interest groups. The majority of candidates running against him appear to be further to his left politically. (City & State)
2. The East Flatbush campus with Uncommon Schools Kings Collegiate Charter School and Middle School for Art and Philosophy is under investigation due to COVID cases and the potential of an outbreak, according to the Department of Education's interactive map. Meanwhile, two schools that share a building in Bed Stuy have a total of eight classrooms closed due to cases. (msnNOW)
3. A racial justice commission approved of three ballot measures that will come before New York City voters next November. The measures include establishing regulatory bodies that insure racial equity is considered in all government business, as well as re-defining the cost of living in the city. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• "Build the Block" police precinct meeting at PS 157, 1087 Ocean Avenue (7 p.m.)
• Free dance class open house at Balmir Dance Society, 959 Flatbush Avenue (7 p.m.)
• Introduction to Vinyasa and Kemetic yoga at AcroYoga, 1532 Nostrand Avenue (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• All of the Brooklyn democrats' most powerful politicians, including party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, were out at a holiday party last week. (Brooklyn Eagle)
• The Hip Hop nutcracker is coming to Kings Theater for two performances next weekend. (Twitter)
• Here's a circuit training class with Jonathan from the Flatbush YMCA! (Facebook)

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— Dashiell Allen