Hamilton Grange

At Thursday night’s Community Board 9 meeting, the meaning of Winston Churchill’s “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others,” quoted by a speaker, seemed to hit close to home. After almost two and a half hours of confusion and frustration, the meeting’s attendees shuffled out of the Manhattanville Community Center, having opened up as many new issues as had been resolved.

Sparks flew over City College of New York’s proposed expansion and a resolution concerning the relocation of Hamilton Grange to St. Nicholas Park at a Community Board 9 general meeting Thursday night.