A Queens community garden said its members must be anti-Zionist. Now it's facing eviction.

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The city is moving to uproot the organizers of a Queens community garden who required prospective members to sign a “statement of values” that included a commitment to opposing Zionism, homophobia and transphobic behavior.

Parks department officials wrote in an April 16 letter that the leaders of Sunset Community Garden in Ridgewood violated guidelines by imposing a “litmus test” and “improper requirement” on garden members.

“Our decision to terminate the garden group’s license agreement has nothing to do with anyone’s political beliefs or gender expression,” said Margaret Nelson, a deputy commissioner at the parks department.

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Kielar said that the garden was being treated unfairly. After members removed references to “community values” from the garden’s bylaws, she said the parks department seized on an altar to trans activist Cecilia Gentili, who died last year.

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