Good Morning, Brooklyn: Thursday, August 11, 2022
COMMUNITY VIGIL FOR SLAIN MAN IN BATH BEACH: The robbery and murder of a young man in the garage of BJ’s in Bath Beach has prompted Assemblymember William Colton (D –47) to hold a community uniting vigil, this evening, Thursday, August 11, at 5:30 p.m. in front of his district office at 155 Kings Highway. Last Friday, 19-year-old Dereck Chen was fatally shot during an armed robbery in the BJ’s garage, directly across the Street from Colton’s district office, which covers Bath Beach, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights and Gravesend.
Colton declared that he will remain personally involved in overseeing the case’s progress of the case. Praising the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct for swiftly apprehending and charging the gunman, Colton said also that his office is demanding of BJ’s Wholesale Club Headquarters “a security presence and surveillance on the premises for the safety of the consumers and the employees.”
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APPEALS COURT GREENLIGHTS SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS: An appeals court ruling on Tuesday that gives the green light to the city’s Department of Education budget cuts threatens to throw the opening of the new school year into confusion. Yesterday’s decision placed an automatic stay on last week’s ruling from State Supreme Court, Justice Lyle E. Frank that had required City Council to do a revote on the education budget on the grounds that the order of procedure had been violated.