Dive Summary:
- New York State Supreme Court Justice Ellen M. Coin dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Greenwich Village residents' rights were violated by NYU's plan to transform a block of the neighborhood during 20 years of construction, saying it was too early to completely measure the NYU 2031 plan's impact.
- Resident were advised by Justice Coin to present their claim to the state's Division of Housing and Community Renewal.
- The group, calling themselves WSV Green Neighbors, argued that the plan would do away with the private park-grounds of the four Washington Square Village residential towers, taking away a legally required service from the complex's 350 rent-stabilized residents.
From the article:
... “Considering that NYU’s construction project is currently in its infancy, with architectural and engineering plans not even drafted, much less finalized, this legal controversy has not fully matured and is subject to … a long array of changes that may be made to the underlying plans,” Coin said. ...