Supporters of the suit have put up anonymous fliers that warn of the "assault, dictatorship and illegal conversion against the citizens of Brooklyn" that they say the shelter represents.

Last Friday, Mayor Giuliani cited the anonymous flier as one of the reasons why his administration headed off last Thursday's planned protest.

It was the anonymous flier - a "vindictive act to me personally," she said - that created the public stir and, as she put it, exposed "my humanity."

"No SoHo in Dumbo" read an anonymous flier that was circulated for a time.

The allegations of nepotism in the complaint are almost identical to ones made in an anonymous flier that was sent last month to the city's registered Conservatives.

Already, a main Mintz adviser has been charged with a misdemeanor count accusing him of violating state campaign laws by distributing some of the anonymous fliers this month.

At the time, Mr. Giuliani justified the city's response in part by referring to an anonymous flier that said "We must make Manhattan into a parking lot.

When an anonymous flier was circulated encouraging people to complain to local politicians about the problems, Mr. Van Doorn took the unprecedented step (for him) of composing a note.

Even though the family does not plan to convert the house to condominiums, an anonymous flier briefly appeared claiming that the renovations would create "up to a five-family, multifamily dwelling."

A newspaper printed a facsimile of what it said was an anonymous flier with portraits of some of the new leaders.