Woman Shouts Down State Official During Crown Heights Zoning Meeting (VIDEO)

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A talk by a state official Wednesday night about zoning in Crown Heights was shouted down by a local activist, who told the assemblywoman to “take that s--- and shove it up your a--.”

Video from the meeting shot by a resident and uploaded to YouTube by DNA Info shows Alicia Boyd — a member of Movement to Protect the People and a regular face at Crown Heights zoning meetings — shouting at Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, who was giving a talk to Community Board 9.

The video underscores the contentious and ongoing debate about re-zoning, new development and gentrification in Crown Heights.

"Who the f--- you think you're talking to?," Boyd yells in the video. “Take that s--- and shove it up your a--.”

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Richardson, whose district includes parts of Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Wingate and Flatbush, was talking to community members about re-development in the area, including the controversial Bedford Union Armory, according to DNA Info.

Richardson told residents that in order to avoid some large-scale development changes, some small zoning changes may need to be made.

"In the midst of all this development, Community Board 9, I can’t underscore to you [enough] the importance of doing responsible zoning,” she said, according to DNA Info.

That's when Boyd spoke up. The shouting match was eventually broken up by police, DNA Info reported.

Click here to read more from the meeting.

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