McLaughlin Park in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo: Mary Frost/Brooklyn Eagle
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THE LEDE: Good morning. Students sheltered in place at nearby schools in Downtown Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon after an unidentified 24-year-old man was shot and killed in McLaughlin Park, police told the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Rundown
Herd of life-size buffalo puppets parades through Brooklyn, enchanting thousands: A herd of 40 life-size buffalo puppets, followed by thousands of entranced spectators, paraded through Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday.
Man fatally shot in Downtown Brooklyn park, nearby schools shelter in place: Responders were called to 24 Cathedral Place, a basketball area near the intersection of Tillary and Jay streets, at 12:07 p.m., where they found the unconscious victim with a gunshot wound in the torso.
DoorDash to pay $131M for underpaying delivery workers in New York City: The agreement, which officials described as the largest worker settlement in city history, also requires the company to submit to a new monitoring system to ensure compliance with delivery worker pay laws in the city.
BPL unveils proposed design for 122-year-old Pacific Library: Brooklyn Public Library sought to tear down Pacific Library for private development in 2013 but was rebuffed after public outcry, according to Brownstoner.
2 Brooklyn playgrounds win $2.5M each in state grants: Kaiser Park in Coney Island and Chester Park in Brownsville are among 89 projects throughout New York state that will be built, upgraded or expanded.
Your robotic vacuum is a witness: What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law: Devices in homes now generate evidence continuously and often invisibly, while the governing law remains a patchwork. (The Conversation)
Our world in photos: Politicians, presidents, protests and more.
Our World in Photos
MIDTOWN — United States President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP
More Brooklyn News
"How a Brooklyn hospital is making the wait easier for NICU families" (CBS News)
"People-First Streets Will Pave The Way For The Best Version Of Downtown Brooklyn: Report" (Streetsblog)
"NYCHA’s Green Future? Officials Open ‘Showroom’ Apartment With Sustainable Features" (City Limits)
Staff Picks
READ: "The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird" (The New Yorker)
EAT: Here's an updated list of restaurants that have closed this month in New York City. (Eater)
CARTOON: Fill in the blank. (Brooklyn Eagle)
LIVE: "Brooklyn developer slides into former White Castle with housing, supermarket" (Crain’s New York)
The Wrap
⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1937, the Eagle reported, "Newcomers to the fold of the National Football League, the Cleveland Rams will make their first Eastern appearance at Ebbets Field Sunday afternoon when they meet the revamped Brooklyn Dodgers." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history.
📔 IMPRINT
Actress Tilda Swinton poses for Vanity Fair Italia.
👑 ROYAL WATCH
"A Missile of a Memoir as Diana’s Brother Takes Aim at British Royals" (NYT)
🏀 SPORTS
New York Liberty’s home-court hopes dashed (Brooklyn Eagle)
“All of You” singer Julio Iglesias
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen
“Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander
Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco
“Boston Public” star Chi McBride
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