Today there was a protest in /*East New York*/ on Thursday trying to stop a rumored deal to build /*Wal-Mart's*/ first store in /*New York City*/.
Business owners about a mile away from the rumored location near the /*Gateway Mall*/ are worried.
"Well I think if they coming we will be crushed. We will be crushed because most of the people will go there and you know their products are cheap too," said /*Carol Griffith*/.
But in the neighborhood, there were also Wal-Mart supporters.
Wal-Mart has gone all out trying to sway the skeptics who accuse the company of being anti-union, anti-women. They've purchased newspaper ads and even a round of slick television ads.
The blitz may be working. A recent poll shows 57 percent of New Yorker's think elected officials should allow Wal-Mart to open in the city.
Even bitter opponents sound about ready to give up.
"I would hope it's not a done deal but I do have fear it is a done deal," said Laura McCarter.
The company says there is no deal for the land yet.
