Sheepshead Bay Locals Step Up Protests of Planned Shelter
"At no time was a shelter proposed or presented to the community board or the City Council prior to the vote on approval for this project," Vernikov said.
Brooklyn residents step up war against homeless shelter plans with latest protest | amNewYork
The site was previously approved for affordable housing, but local residents say the city's plan now to open a homeless shelter for 169 families amounts to a bait-and-switch.