🌱 Fire In Deli + Hate Speech + Vaccines At Sunset Park Schools

Morning, people of Sunset Park! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Sunset Park Daily.

First, today's weather:

Clouds and sun. High: 51 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. A fire at a deli in Sunset Park–43rd St. and Fifth Ave. – on Wednesday morning left two firefighters and one civilian injured. It took firefighters around two hours to put out. (News 12 Bronx)
2. The police are looking for a man caught on camera who's suspected of leaving hand-written hate notes outside of a Sunset Park mosque in October. (Brooklyn Reporter)
3. If all goes according to plan New York City should start vaccinating 5-11 year-olds today, after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine received approval on Tuesday. The city's planning on holding a week-long school vaccination drive. The Sunset Park locations are set for P.S. 140, and P.S. 94. (NYC Patch)
4. Democrats will continue to solidly hold the City Council, but in one Southern Brooklyn district bordering Sunset Park, Democratic incumbent Justin Brannan still faces steep competition from his republican rival Brian Fox. The results will come down to absentee ballots. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Sunset Park:

• Crossfit 718 at Industry City (5:30 p.m.)
• A Night of Music with Mariela Flor Olivo (6 p.m.)
• International Contemporary Ensemble at TargetMargin (7 p.m.)

Sunset Park Patch Notebook

• The Indypendent spoke with Sunset Park City Councilor-elect Alexa Avilés on WBAI radio. Catch the conversation here. (Twitter)
• "It doesn’t matter if you are in Borough Park in the Hasidic community, if you’re in Flatbush in the Korean community, if you’re in Sunset Park in the Chinese community ... all of you have the power to fuel us," said Eric Adams in his victory speech. Here's the full transcript. (The New York Times)
• "WANTED for ASSAULT: On 11/1/21 at approx. 2:45 PM in the vicinity of 56 St. & 7 Ave." – NYPD 72nd Precinct (Twitter)

• Here's video footage of the fire yesterday from Friends of Sunset Park (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen

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