But.. you know, you cant build an apartment complex on land that is zoned agricultural, for example. The zoning board in this case buckled under pressure from the multicultural billionaire Mayor-for-Life Bloomberg. If it was doing its job at least 5 or so square blocks should have been rezoned to reflect public desire that this be a "memorial" area.
Given the fact that 61 % of the whole city is against this, and that the city zoning officials were not acting in the interests of its constituents, isnt a protest on those points warranted? ? Sheesh, the whole thing is surreal.
Certainly, zoning boards trample on the private property rights all the time, quite often for corrupt, arbitrary, reasons.. Excuse me, however, but I don't see the justice of giving them even more arbitrary pretexts to deny the private property rights of a specific owner. That's like pouring gasoline on the fire which is burning away our rights to property in every knook and cranny of the U.S. Why not use this valuable energy to rally to the private and first amendment rights of the Greek Orthodox church? Right now, the plight of that church is nothing more than a debating point for opponents of the mosque. As long as the emphasis is on denying the right to build on this specific land, it will remain a side issue.