🌱 Anti-Violence Boxing + Pumpkin Spice Tax + Sunday Reads

Good morning, everybody! Carlie Houser here with your fresh copy of the Brooklyn Daily. Keep reading to find out all the most important things happening locally, including updates on:

• An anti-violence boxing program 🥊
• Some nitty gritty tax stuff 💰
• The uncomfortable truth about pumpkin spice 🎃

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But first, today's weather:

🌧 Rain and drizzle in the p.m.. High: 64 Low: 55.

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Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. A 19-year-old Brooklyn man founded a youth boxing program in the name of anti-violence. It may sound counterintuitive, but Arnold Walter Ludd Jr.'s Jiggabite Gloves Up, Guns Down was created in response to gun violence that the founder experienced first-hand. Inspired by the I WILL GRADUATE push, part of the #BetterTogether campaign, Ludd's youth boxing program aims to give kids a therapeutic outlet to combat violence in the community. Currently operating out of two Brooklyn schools, the fitness and training sessions begin with an anti-violence discussion, and end with each teen sharing how boxing is an escape from their troubles, and an investment in themselves.

CBS New York

2. The city's employment rate is almost up to what it was pre-pandemic, but income tax collections are way down in comparison to New York State. What's causing the schism? It all comes down to timing: the state's fiscal year begins April 1, and at that time income tax collections were strongest (the stocked market hadn't tanked yet). The state has also been allowing high-income folks to pay special taxes through their businesses. This means that New York State doesn't quite know exactly how many billions of dollars are being paid in business taxes versus individual income tax. So, while the state of New York is coming in way over their projected income tax quotas, NYC on its own is coming in just about where it thought it might. But meeting projections, in this case, is never a bad thing—in many ways, it's an indication that the city is finally getting back on its feet. Stuff like office occupancy has recently reached a pandemic-era peak!

Brooklyn Eagle

3. The Pumpkin Spice Tax is real . . . sometimes 161% too real. Eons ago, in 2007, researchers began a study of one of America's favorite fall flavors, exploring just how much customers pay more for pumpkin-spice products. They surveyed over 30 different products (beer, hummus, and ice cream were the big ones)—30 pumpkin, and 30 their 'regular' equivalent—from Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and Target, and found that the customer pays on average 14.1% more for the seasonal juggernaut. Researchers also compared costs from Manhattan and Brooklyn coffee house staples, Blank Street, Starbucks, and Dunkin', and found similar results. If you love your Sunday trips to Trader Joes, perhaps it's best you stop reading now, because the largest pumpkin spice disparity that researchers found was 161.1% on Trader Joes' Pumpkin Spiced Teeny Tiny Pretzels.

NBC New York

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Today in Brooklyn:

• Family Bowl, Brooklyn Bowl, Today @ 12 p.m. | Details
• Williamsburg Jam Session, Marsha P. Johnson Park, Today @ 2 p.m. | Details
• Shook Sunday 20! Drag Show, Farewell Bar, Today @ 2:30 p.m. | Details
• Sunday Night House Comedy Special, The Tiny Cupboard, Today @ 7 p.m. | Details
• Ragas Live Festival, Pioneer Works, Today @ 8 p.m. | Details

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🐝 The Sunday Read:

• Trish Mann is an English D.J., now based in Brooklyn. Check out how she spends her local Sundays at the link. (Subscription / The New York Times)
• "The Rippling Rhythms Began in Brooklyn" is as much as family history as it is a love-song to the borough. Read more at the link. (Brooklyn Eagle)

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— Carlie Houser

About me: I'm a recent grad based in Brooklyn, NY. I love to write, run, read, and find new restaurants and venues around the city.

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