Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, Inc. v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rosalyn Richter, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioners, who consist of a community environmental group and individual community members, seek to enjoin further construction of the AOL-Time Warner development project located at Columbus Circle (the project). This project, when completed, will provide the headquarters and studios for AOL-Time Warner, three separate performance venues for jazz at Lincoln Center, retail shops and restaurants, residential apartments and a hotel. Petitioners seek an order halting construction until one of the respondents herein…