A Queens Community Garden Said Its Members Must Be Anti-Zionist. Now It’s Facing Eviction.
13th May 2025
The city is moving to uproot the organizers of a Queens community garden who required prospective members to sign a “statement of values” that included a commitment to opposing Zionism, homophobia and transphobic behavior.
Parks department officials wrote in an April 16 letter that the leaders of Sunset Community Garden in Ridgewood violated guidelines by imposing a “litmus test” and “improper requirement” on garden members.
“Our decision to terminate the garden group’s license agreement has nothing to do with anyone’s political beliefs or gender expression,” said Margaret Nelson, a deputy commissioner at the parks department.
“This is about ensuring that our community gardens are responsibly managed and accessible as public spaces. We never want a termination, but the group’s leadership has repeatedly refused to work with us on their outstanding issues.”
May 14th, 2025 at 04:02
Classic Commies… Honestly, I’m astounded that more people do not recognize the blatantly communist behaviours? Like, we ridiculed countries who used to have public humiliation rituals over shit like this….
May 14th, 2025 at 08:15
That was then, this is now. (Just in case anyone was wondering where the phrase ‘the good old days’ came from….)