🌱 Jed Walentas Power Player + Restler Wants End Of Parking Rule

Up and at 'em, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right. Here's everything you need to know around town today.

First, today's weather:

Milder with periods of sun. High: 48 Low: 38.

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

1. On Monday, Lincoln Restler called on the Department of City Planning to drop requirements for parking spaces in new development rezonings for "transit-rich" areas, saying the move would further incentivize residents to use public transit. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. Jed Walentas, the CEO of Two Trees, made City & State's list of New York City's top 100 power players. In total Walentas's company has given $50,000 to Eric Adams's nonprofit Brooklyn One, and he and his associates donated $24,000 to Adams's mayoral election campaign. (City & State)
3. Listen to a recording of a forum with all middle schools in Brooklyn's School District 15. Middle school applications close today, but the deadline may be extended, similar to in previous years. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)

Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Pop-up pantry at St. Ann & Trinity Church (10:30 a.m.)
• Open hours at Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental education center (3 p.m.)
• Community Board 2 economic development and employment committee meeting, online via Zoom (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's a long list of cats and dogs in the Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO vicinity waiting for adoption. (Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch)
• Lydia Green is running for District Leader in Assembly District 52. (Joe Anne Simon's district.) (Twitter)
• Brooklyn community board applications are due on Friday. (Twitter)

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