🌱 Fundraiser Launched For Late BK Heights Construction Worker

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; breezy, milder. High: 46 Low: 44.

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

1. A fundraiser was launched for Angel Pilataxi, the construction worker who fell to his death last week at a Brooklyn Heights construction site. An Ecuadorian immigrant, Pilataxi was the main 'breadwinner' in his family, according to the GoFundMe page which sets a goal of raising $20,000. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. State Senator Diane Savino, who represents Staten Island and Coney Island in Brooklyn, announced that she isn't seeking reelection and is instead backing her former deputy chief of operations, Jessica Scarcella-Spanton. Starting in the June primary, Savino's district will include Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, and other northern Brooklyn nabes. (SILive.com)
3. Leasing began at Magnolia DUMBO, at 85 Jay Street, a complex made up of two 21-story buildings with a total of 408 condominiums and 320 rental units. (New York YIMBY)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Virtual Brooklyn jobs fair (11 a.m.)
• Community Board 2 Land Use meeting to discuss the Borough-Based Jail planned for Atlantic Avenue, online (6 p.m.)
• Green Drinks Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Sails Club (6 p.m.)
• Presenting the book Black Love Matters by Jessica P. Pryde, via Cobble Hill's Books Are Magic, online (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy's annual Winter Games are taking place this Saturday. Mark your calendars! (Twitter)
• There will be a forum this weekend for District Leader candidates in Assembly District 52 (Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO). (Twitter)
• Boerum Hill community activist Nicholas Heyward Sr., who passed away recently at 61, was memorialized at the intersection of Bond and Baltic Streets, which were named in his honor. (Twitter)

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