Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Sen. Gillibrand at Brooklyn Heights Association’s 2024 Annual Meeting
BQE big topic; honors go to Brooklyn Public Library & The Service Collective
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Pro-Palestinian protesters derailed U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s speech at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s 2024 Annual Meeting Monday night, disappointing hundreds of residents who had packed the pews of the First Unitarian Congregational Society, hoping to hear the senator’s take on rebuilding the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the housing crisis and other topics of local concern.
But the protesters blew a rare opportunity for a personal sit-down with the senator in a move that left audience members, many of whom sympathized with the protestors’ passion, shaking their heads.
BHA members walked through a gauntlet of sign-waving demonstrators — members of Brooklyn for Peace — on their way into the church at the corner of Pierrepont Street and Monroe Place.