Legal Opinion
New York City Coalition for the Preservation of Gardens v. Giuliani
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jeffrey M. Atlas, J.
The individual petitioners are New York City residents who have established and developed community gardens in their lower east side and Harlem neighborhoods on land owned by the City of New York and left vacant by the demolition of small buildings, tenements and brownstones abandoned by their original owners. The New York City Coalition for the Preservation of Gardens is a collective of many such gardeners raising gardens on such lots throughout the City. Many of these gardens are set on lots licensed by the City to the gardeners until such time as…
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