Inwood rezoning protesters pack City Hall
Police were called to City Hall Wednesday to clear protesters who were demonstrating a neighborhood rezoning proposal from the rotunda balcony.
For weeks, opponents of a plan for upgrades to commercial areas on Broadway, Dyckman and West 207th Sts. have voiced their opposition, saying it will hurt small businesses and force residents from their homes.
The demonstrators ringed the City Hall balcony, chanted and tossed Monopoly money on lawmakers before cops escorted them out.
While police were on hand with plastic handcuffs, no one was arrested, a Council spokeswoman said.
Before the meeting, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, a Democrat who represents Inwood, told reporters he'd received a death threat over the rezoning on his Facebook feed.
Rodriguez showed the threat to Council Speaker Cory Johnson, who called cops.
The NYPD confirmed it investigated posts about the councilman.
“An investigation and threat assessment was carried out by the intelligence bureau. We have no further comment,” a spokesman said.