🌱 Sunset Park Daily: Rye Revolution + Sedrick’s Law + Gun Violence

Welcome back, Sunset Park. Diane Witek here in your inbox today to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on around town.

First, today's weather:

Sun and some clouds. High: 69, low: 58.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. The Fort Hamilton Distillery is now offering behind-the-scenes tours of its distilling operations at its Sunset Park location. Visitors can experience the history of American spirits and Fort Hamilton’s role in the rise, fall and rebirth of New York Rye on the one-hour-long “Rye Revolution Tour.” (InsideHook)
2. On Monday, a day after the fourth subway homicide in 2022, the New York Assembly approved a bill, called Sedrick’s Law, that "mandates the MTA have cameras operating at all subway stations and expands its authority to add more surveillance technology below ground." (New York Post)
3. Head and neck cancer is more responsive to treatments if detected early. The treatments, however, can leave people with facial paralysis and an inability to speak or swallow. That has changed at Perlmutter Cancer Centers where patients receive "a unique patient-centered treatment approach," when they come the NYU Langone Health, "their evaluation and treatment are vertically and horizontally integrated in one stop." (NYU Langone Health)
4. View recent trends and impact of COVID-19 in Brooklyn and so much more. This report is extremely comprehensive on all trends, including population, housing, transportation and income to name a few. A must read if you are fund of statistics. (Office of the State Comptroller)
5. Dozens of protesters took to the streets in Brooklyn to demand action against the issue of gun violence throughout the city. Community activists, city officials, and residents who have suffered from gun violence called upon Mayor Eric Adams and other elected officials to bring some real change to the disturbing rise in gun-related crimes. According to NYPD crime data, there have been over 447 shootings in the city this year. (CBS New York)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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