Parade is on Saturday, October 13th and Festival the following day, the 14th. Details, entry form and more information is at :Ragamuffin Parade 2018 . Festival runs from 76th street to 92nd street on 3rd Avenue. It is from 10 AM until 6 PM. Couldn't find much on the festival, but I think it's the 45th annual. The only information I found was in an old story from last year in Brooklyn Eagle. Check it out, there is some interesting stuff in the story. Link is: Festival 2016

He's got a challenger, but the challenger is a nobody, just a Trump hater. His name is Ross Barkan. His wikipedia entry lists him as a journalist (freelance), writer (some articles) and a politician ( ?.)

He worked for the NY Observer for 3 years. Observer is a conservative news source. It endorsed Donald Trump and Barkan quit the next day. Yeah, one of those people.

He wrote an opinion in the liberal Brooklyn Daily Eagle rag that was over 1000 words. More like an article. Bet Eagle doesn't...

TD bank on 4th Avenue and 99th street was robbed on a Sunday at around 1:40 pm. He had surgical gloves and mask on and got an unspecified amount of money. Didn't say if he had a gun or what. Lots of medical offices around that area, wonder if he was on his lunch hour.