Story states, "Utica was prepared to spend $1.4 million to raze the former Central United Methodist Church. At the same time, back in 2008, Utica's Bosnian residents were looking for a place to open a mosque.
September 28, 2016 - Renewed church rises again in "CoLa" as a Bosnian Mosque...
The new mosque in upstate New York was a gift of a defunct church from the city of Utica to the Bosnian community pic.twitter.com/dk0toe4hEB
— NYFarmer (@NYFarmer) September 28, 2016
February 20, 2016 - Read How crumbling church became celebrated Utica Mosque.