🌱 Monkeypox Vaccine + Neglected Tenants + Your Saturday

Hi there, Brooklyn! I'm here in your inbox per usual to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on around town. In today's briefing, you'll learn about these stories and more:

• Monkeypox vaccine eligibility
• Neglected tenants take a stand
• The future of Utica Avenue
• A farm-fresh Saturday

But first, today's weather:

🌤 Partly sunny; breezy, cooler. High: 60 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Brooklyn today:

1. Monkeypox cases have been on the decline for some time now, but vaccine eligibility is expanding in Brooklyn. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that as of Oct. 6 it will be opening up 30,000 new MPV vaccination appointments. The rollout is part of a preventative measures program against MPV, a contagious disease spread primarily through sexual relations and is caused by the monkeypox virus. The expanded eligibility now includes people of any sexual orientation or have or may have more than one anonymous sexual partner, anyone who knows or believes to have been exposed to MPV in the last 14 days, or anyone else who considers themselves as risk for MPV through sex or other intimate contact. Learn more at the link.

Brooklyn Reader

2. Neglected Bronx and Brooklyn tenants of bug-ridden, derelict apartments have hit out with property management at Chestnut Holdings. Tenants were prepared to deliver a host of demands to property management on Thursday, but just an hour before they were denied entry by Fred Smilovic, who identified himself as building maintenance, and told the Bronx Times that the Chestnut Holdings offices were closed and denied anyone access into the structure. Tenants have been unable to contact or get facetime with their landlords for a quite a while, and after this blatant act of ignorance, they took to rallying outside the building. About an hour after their protest began, Cesar Morales, a property manager for Chestnut Holdings, attempted to assuage protestors by stating that he would take their letter of grievances to building management “immediately.”

Bronx Times

3. The MTA has big ambitions for its 20-year plan, an assessment that will impact the city's 2025-2029 Capital Program. The MTA's 2025-2044 Needs Assessment will allot 80 percent of its funding to repairs and renovation of the NYC subway system, not least of which is the billion-dollar Utica Ave rail project. But other competing projects the MTA agenda are equally as expensive, and many are worried that with inflation rates, worker shortages, and other undeniable fiscal issues, the city will be fighting an uphill battle against itself if it chooses to take on this 20-year list of grievances. Read the full Needs Assessment at the link.

MTA Info

Today in Brooklyn:

• "STREET / ART Brooklyn" Gowanus Art Walk, Atelier Canal, Today @ 11 a.m. | Details
• 🍠 Wyckoff Farm Stand & Sweet Potato Harvesting, The Wyckoff House Museum, Today @ 11 a.m. | Details
• FREE! Brooklyn Synth Expo 2022, 718 Studios, Today @ 11:30 a.m.—Sunday | Details
• The Restoration Rocks Block Party Ft. Soul Summit, The Billie Holiday Theatre, Today @ 12 p.m. | Details
• Flu Vaccine Pop-Up with NYC Health, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Today @ 1-4 p.m.
• Hometown Bar-B-Que Presents: An Evening with Toubab Krewe, Industry City Courtyard 1/2, Today @ 6 p.m. | Details

🐝 Brooklyn Buzz:

• Brooklyn Reader is here to cure your FOMO with a weekend of events already picked out. All you've got to do is choose and have fun! Plan your Indigenous Peoples weekend at the link. (Brooklyn Reader)
• Lot's going on min Greenpoint this weekend: Mentions include Angel Babies, New York Cider Week, and yuzu lemonade, and more! (greenpointers.com)
• With the weather cleared up, Vanderbilt Open Streets in Prospect Heights returns for another weekend of sunshine and fun: "On Saturday and Sunday, you can catch DJ sets, a classical guitar performance or a drag show. There's something for everyone, courtesy of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, the main sponsor and neighborhood group who keeps the streets operating." (Patch)

More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news!

Events:

• American Unite /GOTV Non Partisan Event . (October 8)
• EmblemHealth Healthier Futures Wellness Expo: Free Live Music & More! (October 8)
• Stepping Stones Center Grand Opening (October 8)
• IMAGINE I'M SOMEONE ELSE: a one-woman, one-viola comedy show by Isabel Hagen (October 8)
• Next camp Mon. Oct. 10! UWS and BK (October 10)
• Celebrate Free Laundry Day at 4 Clean Rite Center locations (October 10)
• Mid-Century Modern Design | Online Auction (October 11)
• Collector’s Jewelry, Novelty and Fine Artwork | Online Auction (October 13)
• Add your event

Other classifieds:

• Woman-owned Construction Services (Details)
• Behind The Scoreboard — Mini-Pitch Soccer Arrives in Yonkers (Details)
• Add your classified

You're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— 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.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Brooklyn Daily? Contact me at brooklyn@patch.com