The Homeless Shelter protest crowd seems to be growing in Maspeth as last night looked like a scene from the movie ‘Young Frankenstein,’ when the angry townspeople were searching in mob-like fashion for Peter Boyle.
Last night at about 7:15PM the crowd at the Holiday Inn heard about a meeting at O’Neills and made their way past Principe Park up the Plateau to O’Neills, grumbling and chanting all the way. While marching and yelling, “let’s get em,” as homeowners cheered while they walked by. But when they arrived at O’Neills the meeting had already broken up.
There was an impressive group marching along Grand Avenue Saturday. All is in preparation for tonight’s Community Board 5 public hearing about the city’s plan to convert a Holiday Inn Express at 59-40 55th Road into a homeless shelter for adults The meeting is at the Knockdown Center on Flushing Avenue at 7PM. The hearing is open to the public and 2,000 people are expected.
