Sam Raskin

'There is nothing that has happened in this country under this administration that makes us believe we should trust the word of anybody that's in that administration, period,' recently elected Public Advocate Jumaane Williams told the crowd.

'They’re looking for so much, for so long, and they couldn’t find anything,' one Trump supporter declared. 'If you want to get into Russia, you have to get into what Hillary did with the Russians.'

"This database will identify vacancy trends throughout the city, spot areas where vacancies are rapidly increasing, and identify specific property owners and managers who demonstrate a pattern of forcing out small business."

But as is common in city land-use battles, the potential outcome the community faces is not development or no development.

The Island is changing, whether you like it or not.