A new survey released Thursday says 61 percent of New York state residents oppose the location for the Cordoba House, an Islamic community center and mosque to be built in Lower Manhattan, just two blocks away from Ground Zero. The poll results came just two days after the City of New York gave builders the go-ahead for center's development.
The survey, conducted by the Siena College Research Institute, reveals that only 26 percent of respondents support the project.
"Large majorities of all New Yorkers, every party, region and age give a thumbs-down to the Cordoba House Mosque being built near the Ground Zero site," said Dr. Don Levy, the institute's director, in a press release. "But only just over half of all New Yorkers, even city residents say they have been following the news about the proposed mosque closely." |