🌱 Record-Breaking DUMBO Condo Sale + Brooklyn Democrats Feud

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

First, today's weather:

Breezy with a stray shower. High: 50 Low: 38.

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

1. There were reports of police activity in Brooklyn Heights on Orange Street Sunday morning, around 8 a.m. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
2. A super-luxury condo in the new Front & York development in DUMBO sold for a staggering $2,850 per square foot, believed to be the highest price recorded in Brooklyn. The condo costs sweeping views of the harbor and East River. (New York Post)
3. 11% of the NYPD workforce is requesting an exception to the vaccine mandate–that's three times as many people as in any other agency. While they wait for their request to be approved or denied the officers are allowed to continue working if they submit to regular testing. (Gothamist)
4. Tensions are at an all-time high in the Kings (Brooklyn) County Democratic Party, where progressive party members are making allegations of racism, sexism, and insider dealings against county party boss Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn. Particularly, the New Kings Democrats–a progressive club co-founded by Councilmember-elect Lincoln Restler, claim that the more moderate party leadership has "clamped down" on them. (The City)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Brooklyn Community Board 2 Parks and Recreation Committee (6 p.m.)
• Official U.S. Book Launch: Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office by Brian Baumgartner (7 p.m.)
• The 1619 Project book launch at BAM (7:30 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• PS8 PTA - Brooklyn Heights: "FALL MATCH UPDATE! Did you know that on average only about 15% of PS8 families give to the Fall Match? This is one of the most important fundraisers we do to support so many critical PS8 programs for our kids." (Facebook)
• Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon rallied with lawmakers to pass the Climate and Community Investment Act in the State Senate. (Twitter)
• Cadman Park Conservancy is hoping to reopen the Brooklyn War Memorial located within the park. (Instagram)

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