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‘PURR-FECT’ Southern
BK to get
masks after
backlash Cops save
A HAPPY ENDING: Cops rescued a kitten from the hood of a car parked in Sheepshead Bay. The feline — later
named Mr. Belvedere — was adopted by residens of the block. Photo by Todd Maisel
BY JESSICA PARKS
After initially launching
without any outreach to southern
Brooklyn, Mayor Bill de
Blasio announced on Monday
that the city’s face mask distribution
program will be expanded
to include sites in the
previously-snubbed areas of
the borough.
“We are now going to ramp
up a plan and it will take effect
starting immediately to
distribute 7.5 million face coverings,
meaning, wherever
you turn, you’re going to be
offered a face covering,” de
Blasio said during his May 4
briefi ng. “And it’s going to be
on an ongoing basis for weeks
to come to make sure that everyone
has what they need.”
The move comes after
southern Brooklyn lawmakers
blasted the mayor last week
for excluding their neighborhoods
from the initial effort
to hand out 100,000 face masks
at dozens of parks throughout
the city at scheduled times
through May 5.
“Yet again, City Hall forgets
that southern Brooklyn
exists,” state Sen. Andrew
Gounardes told Brooklyn Paper.
“With so much open space
in southern Brooklyn, including
the largest park in all of
kitten from car
cat-astrophe
BY TODD MAISEL
This car’s engine really
purred without turning the
car on!
Sheepshead Bay residents
were surprised to hear a noise
under the hood of a Toyota
parked on E. 23rd Street and
Avenue W on May 3. Moments
later, deep in the engine compartment,
they discovered a
kitten trapped between the
hoses and wires.
Offi cers from the 61st Precinct
and Emergency Service
personnel responded and at
fi rst tried to remove the kitten
from underneath the car without
success. After fi nding the
owner of the car, authorities
were able to dig into the engine
compartment where they
worked for some time trying
to free the kitten.
After more than two hours
of dismantling some parts, the
cat was free.
Neighbors Steven Lynn and
his girlfriend immediately fell
in love with the fragile feline.
The pair took him home, gave
him a bath, and named him
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