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The event creates a showdown between land-sale participants, protesters, and counter-protesters, and will be the first protest since the City Council passed controversial legislation restricting demonstrations in close proximity to houses of worship.
Should be easy, right?
Whether a conflict with the NYPD can be avoided remains to be seen, but observers that Hell Gate spoke to identified a number of modest but meaningful steps the mayor can take early in his term.
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