[From article]
NYU brought the turf war against its Greenwich Village neighbors to a Manhattan appeals court Wednesday seeking to overturn a lower court decision that blocked the university’s $6 billion expansion, which has been approved by the city.
Manhattan Judge Donna Mills had handed the 20-member group of residents — supported by celebrity neighbors like Matthew Broderick and Susan Sarandon — a victory in January saying the city broke the law by giving away public parkland without state approval.
But NYU and city attorneys said in an appeal that “the lower court erred” because the land was technically governed by the Department of Transportation, not the Parks Department, and so was not parkland, even though it had been used as green space for decades.
Manhattan Judge Donna Mills had handed the 20-member group of residents — supported by celebrity neighbors like Matthew Broderick and Susan Sarandon — a victory in January saying the city broke the law by giving away public parkland without state approval.
But NYU and city attorneys said in an appeal that “the lower court erred” because the land was technically governed by the Department of Transportation, not the Parks Department, and so was not parkland, even though it had been used as green space for decades.
http://nypost.com/2014/09/24/nyu-embroiled-in-turf-war-over-6b-expansion/
NYU embroiled in turf war over $6B expansion
By Julia Marsh and Matthew Abrahams
New York Post
September 24, 2014 | 7:06pm
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