New York’s top court on Tuesday tossed a case challenging New York City’s environmental impact review for a real estate project that a Manhattan nonprofit claims will encroach on open green space in the area.
The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development appropriately followed the State Environmental Quality Review Act when it reviewed and greenlit the proposed project, which would include a seven-story mixed-use building for low-income senior housing on part of Elizabeth Street Garden Inc.'s land, the Court of Appeals said.
The agency took a “hard look” at potential areas of concern and “rationally determined that the project ...
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