🌱Brooklyn Heights COVID Positivity Rate + Workers Protest Pay

Happy Wednesday, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's everything going on today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO.

First, today's weather:

Snow and rain, 1-2 in; colder. High: 37 Low: 33.

Here are the top three stories in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today:

1. New York City's COVID-19 positivity rate — the percentage of all tests for the virus that come back positive — is currently 1%. However, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO have a positivity rate of 5%, the highest in Brooklyn. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. 30 Front Street, also known as Olympia, the new 33-story luxury high-rise in DUMBO, contained the most expensive real estate contract in Brooklyn last week, coming in at over $8 million for a single apartment. (The Real Deal)
3. Activists and advocates marched across the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday, which was also International Women's Day, demanding more money for New York State's excluded workers fund for undocumented workers that wouldn't otherwise qualify for government programs. Councilman Lincoln Restler joined the protest. (New York City Patch)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Community Board 2 general board meeting, online via Zoom. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• On St. Patrick's Day (Thursday, March 17) Time Out Market in DUMBO will has special holiday-themed drinks, with live performances by the Brooklyn Irish Dance Company in the evening. (Thrillist)
• Brooklyn Bridge Parents is partnering with Brooklyn Ninja Academy, a children's martial arts studio, to provide a free trial class on Sunday. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
• The Brooklyn Heights Association is hiring a part-time deputy director to help with neighborhood advocacy. Apply before March 18. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen