Earlier this week, the city dropped plans to convert a Queens hotel into a homeless shelter, opting instead to rent individual rooms to homeless adults. But the move hasn't satisfied opponents, who say they're angry not just at the city's plans, but at being portrayed as racist.

The running battle over the city’s plan to turn a Maspeth hotel into a homeless shelter has gotten ugly and personal. 

Opponents have protested outside a city official’s Brooklyn home, and in turn have been portrayed as heartless and even racist.

The city has taken the unusual step of producing two videos that show black shelter residents seemingly under siege from mostly white protesters. Part of the videos can be seen above.

“It’s so bogus. I don’t know who dubbed it, but any city agency that makes out two videos, using my tax dollars, against me because I’m protesting to save our community, shame on them,” says Tony Nunziato of the Maspeth-Middle Village Task Force.

Protesters have taken particular exception to one video depicting a “White Lives Matter” chant that seemed to escalate the conflict.

“Some of them have said disgusting things," says Mayor Bill de Blasio. "I will happily stare them down. We are going to put a roof over people’s head.”

NY1 was at the protest in question and heard one man try to lead the White Lives Matter chant, but almost no one joined in.

"Race was never an issue. And I find it offensive," says Juniper Park Civic Association President Robert Holden. "We represent people who are just trying to protect the quality of life in their neighborhood."

"It's not about a racial issue at all," says State Sen. Joseph Addabbo.

Instead, elected officials and local leaders say even the recently scaled-back plan -- housing the homeless in rooms at the hotel but not a full conversion -- amounts to warehousing and could bring problems to the neighborhood. 

“The message here with my constituents, the message at Bellerose and other protests has never been about who is in the homeless shelter," says Addabbo.  "It is about the fact that these shelters are inappropriate sites."

The mayor again chided protesters this week:

“When we say we want to put one facility to help people get back on their feet to put a roof over their head in that district, they protest it," de Blasio said in a radio interview with Hot 97 on Thursday. "Every community has to be part of the solution.”

As for the protests, the change announced this week won’t put an end to them.

The community says they will continue five days a week, and often on the weekends, until the city reverses course.