🌱 Sunset Park Daily: Protecting Asian American + Good Samaritan

Hey, people of Sunset Park! Diane Witek here with today's copy of the Sunset Park Daily.

First, today's weather:

Some rain and a thunderstorm. High: 70, low: 38.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. The Patch provided you with a sampling of new listings in and around the Sunset Park area - including one in the Brooklyn area with 1 bed and 1 bath for $328,000, and another in the Brooklyn area with 3 beds and 2 baths for $1.9 million. (Sunset Park Patch)
2. Undoubtedly, the Asian American community has been shaken by attacks. Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced a plan to send mental health workers and police into the subway to remove the homeless people who shelter there, but is that enough?Reignited opposition to planned homeless shelters in the City's three Chinatowns - in Manhattan; Flushing, Queens; and Sunset Park, Brooklyn is a direct result of the current violence against Asian Americans. (News Nation USA)
3. On Feb. 21, a man walked into an unlocked Sunset Park, Brooklyn home before making his way through the house and disturbing possessions, police said Saturday. Police said the house, located near 40th Street and 6th Avenue, was unlocked, and the suspect walked into the front door before walking through the home and ransacking through closets. Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). (WPIX 11 New York)
4. A good Samaritan saved a 52-year-old man who fell on the tracks at the Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street subway station on Wednesday. The man was able to roll the victim of the fall out of harms way and narrowly avoided a train himself when he jumped back onto the platform. The injured man was treated for injuries to his hands and legs. (Brooklyn Patch)
5. Friday was sentencing day for Joseph Desmond, the man who killed an off-duty firefighter during a road rage incident in December 2018. Desmond was convicted of murder of 33-year-old Faizal Coto after the two men got into a minor accident near the Verrazzano Bridge. They both pulled over to the side of the road where Desmond struck Coto with a heavy object before fleeing. (ABC7 New York)
   

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