Not according to the planning board who approved it 29-1, whose authority it is to oversee that kind of thing. Whipping up a poll based on mindless fear and hate is not impressive to me.
The man in charge is an ally, not an enemy. It's sickening to watch this.
And in the bigger picture, do you really want the practice of religion to be placed up to a poll, or the due process of law? It's so fucking retarded I can hardly take it. Grow up.
If he is an ally (who doesn't consider Hamas a terrorist organization) and wants to, as he said, heal relations... why does he want to build it in a place where so many people will be offended by it?
p.s., "a few blocks further away from it's proposed location... which is like, one block away and kitty-corner from one of the WTC buildings."