Information on MTOPP’s previous legal actions and updates on current lawsuits.
Memorandum of Law in Opposition to City’s Motion To Dismiss The City has also filed a Motion to Dismiss based upon the same rational “necessary party”. Here the City is claiming that Cornell Realty Management was replaced on the Certified ULURP application by CP VI. This is to ensure that Read more…
Memorandum of Law for Petitioners Motion For Discovery As a result of very contradictory statements made by Cornell and the City to get this case dismissed, Petitioners have requested Discovery to determine what is fiction and what is fact. Case laws state that when there is a discrepancy in facts Read more…
Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Cornell’s Motion To Dismiss Limited Circumstances Prevailing laws states that when it comes to rezoning challenges, not all the properties owners within the parameters of the rezoning need to be on the lawsuit. This is because rezonings can sometimes have hundreds of properties within Read more…
Brief in Support of Preliminary Injunction Alicia Boyd’s Support for Petitioner’s Preliminary Injunction The Petitioners are seeking a Preliminary Injunction to prevent the property owners from developing their properties under the new zoning laws until a final determination has been made in the case. There are three conditions that Petitioners Read more…
Court Halts Franklin Avenue Rezoning Project
Petitioners’ Order to Show Cause for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) was granted on April 18, 2019. This is currently preventing any of the property owners from pouring any cement while the Preliminary Injunction that has been requested by Petitioners is being decided. Temporary Restraining Order Document
On Monday, April 15th, a lawsuit was filed against Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, City Planning and the Developer Cornell Reality. The Petitioners of the suit, Alicia Boyd, Lashaun Ellis, and Michael Hollingsworth rallied today, with other members of The Movement to Protect the People. The suit has been brought against Councilwoman Read more…
On Monday, April 15th, a lawsuit was filed against Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, City Planning and the Developer Cornell Reality. David Eisenbach expresses is support.