NY Republicans Challenge City’s Housing-Focused Rezoning Plan

New York Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging New York City’s largest rezoning effort since the 1960s, saying it violates state and city environmental review laws.

The New York City Council and Mayor Eric Adams (D) violated their environmental obligations by “failing to take a ‘hard look’ at significant areas of environmental concern,” says the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Staten Island Supreme Court. The complaint specifically mentions segmenting the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan into three distinct stages to allegedly avoid assessing the cumulative environmental impacts of each phase of the rezoning, and overhauling zoning without proposing any mitigation ...