Dem city uses 'bait-and-switch' tactic to approve homeless shelter, locals erupt

Demonstrators stormed done the streets of Brooklyn, New York, implicit the weekend, rallying against metropolis plans to physique a stateless structure pursuing what locals telephone a "bait-and-switch" tactic.

On Sunday, hundreds of protestors marched done Sheepshead Bay chanting, "Vote them out," aft metropolis officials moved to physique a stateless structure connected a tract residents primitively approved successful 2022 arsenic affordable housing. 

Residents said the alteration – which occurred aft a developer pulled retired of the task – was made successful 2023 without immoderate further input from the community.

Community activists marched for hours arsenic they held up signs reading, "No shelters adjacent playgrounds oregon schools," "Keep our thoroughfare safe, support shelters away," and, "Children’s information first, nary stateless shelters!"

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Protestors march done the streets of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, arsenic they clasp up a banner speechmaking "No stateless shelter! Kids Safety! School Safety!"

Mayoral campaigner and Guardian Angels laminitis Curtis Sliwa, who led the demonstration, besides voiced his disapproval of existent metropolis officials.

"The assemblage is going into tribunal to effort to artifact this bait-and-switch, which was expected to beryllium affordable housing," Sliwa said. "And present they’re trying to get it into a shelter. This is Eric Adams' doing."

"Hundreds and hundreds of radical came retired present to articulation successful solidarity," Sliwa continued. "So if you didn’t spot your elected authoritative here, I don’t attraction if you’re a Democrat oregon a Republican, intelligibly they were connected the broadside of having a shelter."

Fox News Digital reached retired to metropolis hallway and the territory for comment, but they did not instantly respond.

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Mayoral campaigner Curtis Sliwa speaks during a protestation successful Brooklyn, New York, connected May 4, 2025.

The tract astatine 2134 Coyle St. was primitively projected to go a five-story mixed-use gathering with 120 apartments, astir 36 of which were designated to go permanently affordable. 

While Brooklyn’s assemblage committee approved the plans successful 2021, metropolis officials scheduled the tract to go a 175-unit stateless structure for "families with children who person nary different lodging options disposable … until viable lodging alternatives go available."

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Demonstrators clasp signs arsenic they locomotion done the streets of Brooklyn, New York.

"The assemblage was promised affordable lodging – not different shelter," Sliwa said successful a station connected X. "I showed up to pb the protestation portion the politician hides and different candidates enactment silent. This bait-and-switch is unacceptable. I volition ever basal with New Yorkers. Enough is enough."

The New York Post reported that locals are cautious of stateless shelters arsenic they pull transgression and danger.

"I bash judge stateless radical should person a spot to go, but I was talking to my dada earlier and helium told maine that helium has stateless friends that are frightened to beryllium successful these shelters due to the fact that of however unsafe the different radical that are determination are, it’s not adjacent harmless for a batch of stateless radical to beryllium there," 21-year-old Sheepshead Bay nonmigratory Fruma Feldman said to the Post. "So, with that being said, I don’t deliberation it should beryllium here."

Dimple Willabus speaks during a monolithic protestation successful Brooklyn, New York, connected Sunday.

Dimple Willabus, who is moving for District 46 Council, called connected residents to unit section officials to listen. 

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"It’s precise important for america to proceed the pressure." Willabus said. "We unit our elected officials who enactment america successful this situation…. we person the ace powerfulness to ballot for the close people, ballot the incorrect radical out."