🌱 New Moroccan Restaurant + Rita Joseph Introduces Bike Safety Bill

Hello Flatbush and Ditmas Park! Writing your daily newsletter is truly a rewarding experience, and your loyalty has made it all the better! I just wanted to say, you might be missing the Ditmas Park–Flatbush Daily for awhile — but don’t worry! It won’t be away for long, we just are focusing on some other Patch communities at the moment. Thanks for your support and patience and we will be back and better than ever, sooner than you think

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 64 Low: 47.

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

1. Rita Joseph joined other councilmembers on Thursday in introducing a bill that would require schools to substantively teach students about bicycle safety. It builds upon a less specific 2014 law requiring traffic education. (Streetsblog)
2. A new Moroccan restaurant, Café Fés, opened last month on Church Avenue in Kensington. Among its other offerings, it boasts a large range of mezcal-based drinks. (Brooklyn Magazine)
3. Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is deeply and personally invested in banning all forms of flavored tobacco products. Ever since her father passed away of lung cancer at 73, this issue has been personal to her. A new bill in the State Assembly would ban the products, but critics say it come at the expense of the increased policing of Black communities. (Pew Trusts)

Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Clean Out The Closets, at 1623 Flatbush Avenue (11 a.m.)
• Ditmas Park Day, with events throughout the neighborhood (11 a.m.)
• Civics workshop and community resource fair in Flatbush (12 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• On June 4, Rita Joseph is participating in a "family fun bike ride" through Prospect Park. (Twitter)
• Recently elected Assemblyman Brian Cunningham literally has constituents shouting out his name as he walks down the street. He's up for re-election in the June (or maybe August) primaries. (City And State)
• Here's a Dancealates® class from the Flatbush YMCA. (Facebook)

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