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A group of more than 100 Ramapo residents, supporters of the anti-Orthodox Preserve Ramapo group, rallied at Town Hall, on Tuesday, calling for a �regime change� and an end to political favoritism.��We�re concerned for our neighborhood. We�re concerned for our town. We just really want to know that the rules are followed,� Airmont resident Renee Pereira-Jersey, a Preserve Ramapo supporter, told The Journal News.
�We love living in Ramapo and we want to make sure that everything is done correctly and safely,� she added.
Rev. Weldon McWilliams IV, of the grass-roots group Wake Up Rockland, led the crowd in chants of �a community united will never be divided.�
�I don�t care what your religion is � if your�value system�is to exploit the community, I want you out of the way,� he shouted. �This has nothing to do with religion.�
McWilliams, who’s running for on the Preserve Ramapo slate with hopes of representing the town of Ramapo or the village of Spring Valley next year, insisted the�pposition to town-sanctioned zoning changes that many believe favor the town�s increasingly large ultra-Orthodox Jewish population,�had nothing to do with religious discrimination.
After the rally, protesters crowded into the Planning Board meeting, hoping to voice their opinions about the Eckerson Lane school, but didn�t get the chance because the board adjourned the matter at the congregation�s request.
�People are just fed up. They are fed up with the obvious corruption in this community and the favoritism and the mistreatment,� Hillcrest activist Micheal Miller told The Journal News ahead of the rally.
Mr. Miller has been leading an effort to protest the decision to change the zoning for the �Sanz Klausenburg congregation�on Eckerson Lane to build a private school in the current residential neighborhood.
Watch video of the protest below:
(YWN Monsey Newsdesk)