After 101 years, of being a one-shul town, the kingdom of Greenpoint is splitting in half, and adding a second synagouge.
The back story, and stop me if you've heard this before: Rabbi (above) comes to town, full of new ideas. Board members hate new ideas, though they voted to hire the Rabbi, in the first place. Rabbi criticized. Board criticized. Angry words exchanged. Lawsuits threatened. Board changes locks on the shul doors. Rabbi opens new shul. New York Times writes article. DovBear blogs.
The only unusual thing thing about it? Chabad isn't involved.