In April 2019 we filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and Developers stating that the City failed to conduct its environmental review lawfully and the Developers lied on their application to avoid looking at environmental consequences. The following provides an overview of the numerous filings resulting from our over three year adventure through the New York City court system.
File Lawsuit
April 2019
Developers Try to Dismiss
May 2019 – Dec 2019
– Memorandum of Law for Petitioner’s Motion for Discovery
– Response in Support of Motion for Discovery
– Affirmation of Boyd in Support of Pet.’s Memo. of Law in Response to Cornell’s Motion to Dismiss
– Memorandum of Law in Response to Cornell’s Motion to Dismiss
– Affirmation of Boyd in Support Memo. of Law Opposing City’s Motion to Dismiss
– Memorandum of Law in Response to City’s Motion to Dismiss
– Traverse Hearing Brief
(Not presented in court)
– Affirmation of Boyd in Response to Respondent Cornell’s Motion to Re-argue Traverse
Developers Attempt to Break Temporary Restraining Order
Nov 2019 – Jan 2020
Developers Request Appeal
March 2020
– Order to Show Cause for Leave to Appeal and for Interim Relief Carroll Dev and Lobel Affirmation
– Informational Stmt- NYC Corp Counsel
– Notice of Petitioners-Respondents Cross Motion for Leave to Appeal
– Affidavit of Boyd in Support of Petitioners-Respond Cross Motion for Leave to Appeal
– Afffidavit of Boyd In Opposition to Respondents-Appellant’s Order to Show Cause and Interim Relief
– Affidavit of Ellis In Opposition to Respondents-Appellants’ Order to Show Cause and Interim Relief
We Argue Merits and
Request Sanctions
Jan 2020 – Present
– Affidavit of Thomas Angotti in Replacement of Witness Testimony
– Order to Show Cause Contempt of Court
– Memorandum of Law Supporting Sanctions Against Melanie Weiner
– Affirmation of Boyd’s Support for Sanctions Against Melanie Weiner
– Rebuttal to Ms Wright’s Demand Letter to 2nd Department to Expedite Case
– Appeal Brief to 2nd Department on the Merits 3/20/22