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Tension Between Owners, Renters In Manhattan Beach Leads to Split

April 1st, 2008 by Joe Filippazzo

This article appeared in the 1 April issue of The Brooklyn Eagle.

If you can’t join ’em, beat ’em. That’s the mantra of some Manhattan Beach residents after a long-standing community group slammed the door on renters.

A splinter civic association broke from the Manhattan Beach Community Group last month after renters were barred from joining the 67-year-old organization. The split, which includes defections from the senior group’s leadership, could set the stage for clashes over the development in the affluent southern Brooklyn enclave.

Photo by Daniel Cavanagh.

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The most recent Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting with President Ira Zalcman on the right and Al Slaldone, one of the members of the newly formed Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association, in the center.The most recent Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting with President Ira Zalcman on the right and Al Slaldone, one of the members of the newly formed Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association, in the center.