Welcome back to another Friday roundup. If you’re on the East Coast, stay dry and inside as Tropical Storm Elsa passes through—the storm was preceded by intense rains that have already left some portions of the Eastern Seaboard underwater.
Here’s what you need to know today:
The lawsuit holding up the SoHo rezoning is tossed out
A lawsuit claiming that Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) meetings for Manhattan’s NoHo and SoHo neighborhood rezonings couldn’t be held virtually has been dismissed, potentially paving the way for certification before the end of this year (and before the City Council turns over). Concerns that the ULURP process was being rushed, and that the community was insufficiently informed about the 56-block rezoning, which would raise height caps across both neighborhoods and increase housing density, were dismissed by a judge on Wednesday. The…
