🌱 Redistricting Update + Relay For Life + Meet City Council

Happy Tuesday, people of Sunset Park! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today. Today will also sadly be my last day writing the Sunset Park Daily. The newsletter will continue soon with new coverage.

First, today's weather:

Sunny, breezy and very cold. High: 20 Low: 16.

Here are the top five stories in Sunset Park today:

1. Alexa Avilés grew up in East New York before moving to Sunset Park. Her biggest priority this year is passing legislation to regulate and limit last-mile warehouses in neighborhoods like Sunset Park, and she's looking forward to working with the women members of the council. Meet all new members of the council here. (City & State)
2. The State Assembly almost unanimously voted down the newly proposed redistricting maps for Congress and the state legislature, meaning they will need to draft their own ones instead. That makes it more likely that Sunset Park will remain under Nydia Velazquez rather than Jerry Nadler, as was proposed. (Twitter)
3. Brooklynites are raising money to fight cancer, by participating in an annual fundraiser called the "Relay For Life," which asks participants to film themselves walking around outside. (Brooklyn Paper)

Today in Sunset Park:

• Broken Resolutions Comedy Show at Five Boroughs Brewing Co., 215 47th Street (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's an updated list off all the brick & mortar and mobile COVID testing sites around Sunset Park this week. (Twitter)
• Here's a reminder from the Fifth Avenue Committee that applications are being accepted for the Sunset Park Library & Affordable Housing project! Apply by January 13th! Visit: nyc.gov/housingconnect For more info visit:https://bit.ly/3koGoFT" (Facebook)
• The Gambian Youth Organization is fundraising for the displaced tenants of a building in The Bronx where a fire yesterday took 17 lives. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen