Sounds like the Manhattan scene I knew. Infested wall-to-wall with hard-core left-wingers. And more than a few gays, who almost all were left wing. Got out of there 15-20 yrs ago. Rarely gone back, don’t miss it. Have not gotten back to the Island either, except to visit/neaten up family plots in the cemetery every few years when I can.
Good luck. May the next Mayoral election turn out that wacko Del Blasio.
I hate deblasio.
Pop is buried all the way out on hylan, forget the name of that cemetery, not really far from hylan and main.