Newsday (New York)
December 22, 2004 Wednesday
Rapid growth, uneasy feelings;
An influx of Hispanic residents to central, eastern Queens has longtime residents feeling displaced
BYLINE: BY SARAH GARLAND
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A48
Strolling slowly behind her 1-year-old son as he toddled through piles of leaves on the sidewalk, Juana Perez basked in the silence of a northern Maspeth morning one recent day.
But as Perez revels in the tranquillity of her new home, her neighbors are complaining to one another and at community meetings about an influx of new arrivals who they feel are disturbing their peace and quiet.
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