August 22, 2018
A New York federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a suit from Manhattan and Brooklyn residents and co-ops challenging the upcoming L train shutdown after the parties reached deals dropping most of the environmental and disability rights claims in the suit.
July 23, 2018
A coalition of Manhattan and Brooklyn residents and organizations opposing New York's plan to close the L train line between the two boroughs agreed to drop all claims related to transit access for disabled people after the state promised to add elevators along the route, a lawyer for the coalition said Monday.
July 10, 2018
A coalition of Manhattan and Brooklyn residents and co-ops opposing plans to shut down the L train and repair a related tunnel have urged a New York federal judge to keep their lawsuit against federal, state and local transportation agencies intact, saying the court does not have enough information to make a determination at this stage of the proceedings.
June 26, 2018
Several New York transportation agencies told a New York federal judge Monday that a draft environmental assessment covering plans to handle the shutdown of the L train and a tunnel for repairs will be released through a Freedom of Information Law request filed by a coalition suing over the plans.
June 21, 2018
A coalition of Manhattan residents and co-ops suing over a plan to shut down the L train and repair a related tunnel told a New York federal judge Wednesday that the Federal Transportation Administration and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority must hand over information concerning environmental clearances that were withdrawn after the lawsuit began.
June 05, 2018
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit Authority, Federal Transportation Administration and New York City Department of Transportation pushed Monday to trim a suit claiming plans to shut down the Canarsie Tunnel for repairs and halt L train service between Manhattan and Brooklyn flout environmental and disability rights laws.
April 03, 2018
A coalition of Manhattan residents and co-ops sued New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority in federal court Tuesday claiming its sprawling plan to shut down the L train and repair the Canarsie Tunnel connecting Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, runs afoul of environmental and disability rights laws.