🌱 Taste Of The Tropics USA + Diana Richardson Becomes Deputy BP

Morning, neighbors! Dashiell Allen here with your brand-new copy of theDitmas Park-Flatbush Daily.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and frigid. High: 20 Low: 15.

Here are the top 4 stories in Ditmas Park-Flatbush today:

1. Newly elected Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso named Assemblywoman Diana Richardson as his deputy yesterday. He announced she will be working closely with community boards, as well as addressing food insecurity and gun violence. (Brooklyn Reader)
2. Small business spotlight: Taste of the Tropics USA, an ice cream parlor in the heart of Little Haiti–Avenue D and Nostrand Avenue has been serving up traditional Caribbean flavors since the 1970s. (Atlas Obscura)
3. Rita Joseph, a former public school teacher at P.S. 6, was born in Haiti and grew up in Ditmas Park. Her top priority this year will be passing a bill to limit class sizes in public schools. Learn more about her and all the other council members here. (City & State)
4. Jewish organizations from around Brooklyn, including in Flatbush, stepped up to provide relief to the victims of a devastating fire in The Bronx over the weekend that took at least 17 lives. (http://hamodia.com)

Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Micro links class at 1734 Flatbush Ave (9 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Rita Joseph met with Governor Kathy Hochul on Sunday, alongside other Brooklyn Councilmembers. (Twitter)
• Film director Emma Francis-Snyder, Brooklyn College '15, was shortlisted for a 2022 Oscar nomination for "Best Documentary Short Subject." The documentary tells the real story of Bronx activists in the 1970s who took over Lincoln Hospital and demanded a patient's bill of rights. It was partially shot on the Brooklyn College campus. (Facebook)
• Flatbush YMCA has a circuit training class with Jonathan. (Facebook)

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— Dashiell Allen