"The Midtown South Mixed-Use (MSMX) plan permits residential development in 42 blocks spanning between West 23rd and 40th Streets and Fifth and Eighth Avenues. Over 2,800 of the planned 9,500 residences would be rent-regulated affordable units. The petition, filed in New York State Supreme Court last week on behalf of the Midtown South Community Council, argues the MSMX, one of the city's largest neighborhood rezonings in decades, was approved without legally required mitigation for significant environmental impacts disclosed in the city's own environmental review."
"The lawsuit claims that the city violated the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), the City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) process, and the state's Green Amendment, which guarantees residents the right to clean air and a healthy environment. The petition asserts the city failed to address air-quality hazards, displacement risks, loss of open space, threats to historic resources, and traffic congestion expected to result from rezoning the 42-block district for new residential development."
A Manhattan community group filed a petition in New York State Supreme Court seeking to annul the Midtown South Mixed-Use (MSMX) rezoning. The MSMX permits residential development across 42 blocks between West 23rd and 40th Streets and Fifth and Eighth Avenues and plans about 9,500 residences, including over 2,800 rent-regulated units. The petition contends city planning approved the rezoning without legally required mitigation for significant environmental impacts disclosed in the city's review and violated SEQRA, CEQR, and the state's Green Amendment. The petition cites unaddressed air-quality hazards, displacement risks, loss of open space, threats to historic resources, and increased traffic congestion, and asks the court to require a supplemental environmental impact statement.
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