🌱 City Council Race + Carrot Against Fast Food + Dog Parade

Hey, neighbors, Happy Halloween! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Sunset Park Daily.

First, today's weather:

Rain and drizzle. High: 65 Low: 55.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. State Senator Zellnor Myrie, who represents Sunset Park and Crown Heights, stood outside of an intersection filled with fast food chains yesterday dressed as a carrot to announce his new bill targeting predatory fast food advertising to children. It calls upon the Department of Health to work with local school boards to promote healthier food options. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. A Black Lives Matter mural at P.S. 295 and M.S. 443 in South Slope, which draws a large amount of students from Sunset Park, was taken down after community members protested that it didn't accurately represent the community's true diversity. The majority of students in Sunset Park – and in attendance at the school – are Hispanic and Asian American. The grant was made possible through a grant secured by Councilman Menchaca. (Paywall: The New York Times) (Free version: NY1)
3. Check out this interview with the two candidates running for City Council in Sunset Park's district 38. Alexa Avilés is a Democratic Socialist, while her challenger, Erik Frankel, is running on the Libertarian and Conservative party tickets. Avilés had previously faced off against Frankel in the Democratic primary, which she secured. (Brooklyn Paper)
4. There was still concern with compliance by City Workers as the vaccine mandate took effect at 5 p.m. on Friday. The exact numbers of those still unvaccinated wasn't known at press time. (NYC Patch)

Today in Sunset Park:

• SATURDAY: The Garden: Performance and Play for Babies in Sunset Park (10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.)
• SATURDAY: Live Music: Queens County Roots (7 p.m.)
• SATURDAY: "A movement exhibition" at Art Cake (7:30 p.m.)
• SUNDAY: Big Alice: Dog Howl-o-Ween Parade (1 p.m.)
• SUNDAY: Día de los muertos celebration (5 p.m.)

Sunset Park Patch Notebook

• Sunset Park 5th Avenue BID: "Follow the instructions in the flyer to participate in the dog parade!" (Facebook)
• Why not take a stroll through Greenwood Cemetery this weekend? (Twitter)
• What do you think about the helicopter situation? Politicians are coming together to get to the bottom of it (Sunset Park Patch)

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— Dashiell Allen

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