By SARAH GARLAND

The New York Times
June 1, 2006 Thursday
Free Love, Hate and an Ambush At a Commune on Staten Island
BYLINE: By ANDREW JACOBS and SARAH GARLAND; Nate Schweber contributed reporting for this article.
SECTION: Section B; Column 1; Metropolitan Desk; Pg. 1

Free Love and Hate At Commune

A few rules exist at Ganas, a collection of 100 souls who live on Staten Island in what may be New York City’s only commune.
Shared meals and wife-swapping are O.K.
Freeloading, violence and pointless negativity are not.