Council Member Susan Zhuang and a number of other southern Brooklyn residents were arrested early on Wednesday morning during an impromptu protest at the future site of a homeless shelter in Gravesend.
Around 150 people gathered to protest after crews began demolition work at 2501 86th St. at around 3 a.m., said Zhuang’s communications director Felix Tager. The council member was taken into custody between 5 and 6 a.m., Tager said. According to the NYPD, Zhuang was charged with assault in the second and third degrees, resisting arrest, and obstructing government administration.
