🌱 Nick Perry Send-Off + Photographing Flatbush In The '80s

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Rain at times in the morning. High: 51 Low: 48.

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

1. Hundreds of neighbors joined elected officials on Saturday night to give a heartwarming send-off to former Assemblyman Nick Perry, before he officially became the Ambassador to Jamaica. Among those in attendance were Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Senator Chuck Schumer. (Caribbean Life)
2. Members of the Orthodox Jewish community in Flatbush are urging New York State lawmakers to pass stricter domestic abuse laws, particularly regarding "coercive harassment." In many cases when a Jewish couple gets a divorce the husband is still functionally in charge of the wife's life under religious laws, unless he agrees to take specific actions. (JTA News - Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
3. Photographer and army veteran Jamel Shabazz documented youth culture throughout New York City during the 1980s, with a specific focus on Flatbush, East Flatbush, Downtown Brooklyn and Times Square. His work is now on display in Germany, but you can see some of the images online in this article. (Huck Magazine)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Community Board 14 Transportation Committee meeting, online (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Flatbush Tenants Coalition is concerned that New York's state courts aren't guaranteeing tenants the right to legal council they are required to have in eviction cases. (Twitter)
• After becoming assemblyman through a special election, Brian Cunningham is already fundraising for the June primaries when he'll have to win the community's support a second time. (Twitter)
• The organization Flatbush Streets for People will be presenting today at Community Board 14 on the proposals to revitalize the neighborhood's streets. (Twitter)
• Here's a real estate roundup for Flatbush and Ditmas Park. (Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch)

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— Dashiell Allen