Locals protest incoming homeless shelter after alleged NYC bait-and-switch: ‘Community is outraged’

Source: New York Post

Throngs of demonstrators marched through the normally sleepy streets of Sheepshead Bay to protest plans for a family homeless shelter — as locals claimed the city pulled a bait and switch to get the project OK’d. A long caravan of cars snaked through about 20 blocks of the Brooklyn neighborhood Sunday while crowds carried signs reading “Affordable housing not shelters” and “Keep our kids safe! No shelters near playgrounds or schools!” At the center of the issue is plans for a 169-family homeless shelter at 2134 Coyle St. , a site initially approved as an affordable housing property in 2022.