NYC Lawyers: Permit Rejection About Lawn
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The city's decision to deny a permit to protesters for a rally on Central Park's Great Lawn on the weekend before the Republican National Convention is about preserving the lawn, not suppressing speech, lawyers for the city said in federal court Friday.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 8--A small subdivision in Carmel Valley, rejected by a Monterey County advisory panel, will be appealed to the county Board of Supervisors.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- An anti-war group sued top New York City officials for refusing a permit to allow 250,000 people to rally in Central Park on the day before the Republican National Convention.
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By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 8--MONROE -- The City Council has narrowly rejected a proposal that would have loosened restrictions on the number of duplexes in Monroe's historic residential district.
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By Steve Zalusky  szalusky@@dailyherald.com  The absence of one Prospect Heights alderman has delayed the acquisition of easements enabling the city to bring Lake Michigan water to the Lake Claire and Shires subdivisions.
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By Jake Griffin Daily Herald Staff Writer  Nearly two hours of neighborly debate about the fate of 6 acres of farmland wedged between two tranquil ponds in central Naperville devolved into several shouting matches at Tuesday's city council meeting.
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A bar's stroller ban has set off a turf battle in Brooklyn.
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An Arab-American organization and a group opposed to war and racism filed suit charging they were unconstitutionally denied a permit to hold a protest in Central Park during the upcoming Republican National Convention.
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A peace coalition&#39;s plan to greet the Republican National Convention with a mass rally in Central Park was thwarted yesterday by a state Supreme Court judge who upheld the city&#39;s denial of a permit.
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A New York appeals court rejected on Wednesday a motion to move the trial of three police officers charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man to a venue outside the city.
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By Fraidy Reiss, Asbury Park Press, N.J.  Feb. 18--JACKSON -- Don't give it all to a developer.
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By Daniel D'Ambrosio, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn.  Sep. 7--MIDDLEBURY -- The Board of Selectmen has endorsed a new ordinance  that would require land use applicants to pay for consultants hired by the  town to evaluate their projects.
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By FRANK ELTMAN  GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - A Long Island county is dealing with the not-in-my-backyard problem by housing sex offenders in trailers away from residential areas.
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By Brian Callaway, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 22--The legal battle over changes to open space protections that would have allowed a new YMCA to be built on preserved land in Richland Township may be drawing to a close.
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By Michael Fitzgerald, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 3--Developers and certain landowners are suing the city of Stockton to undo a new law requiring them to preserve farmland in atonement for paving so much over.
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Mayor Bloomberg announced that the number of city-issued parking placards to city employees will be reduced by at least 20 percent. New steps will be taken to reduce misuse of the permits.
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By The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 14--STOCKTON -- The City Council on Tuesday delayed a vote on whether the city should levy a farmland preservation fee on developers who build on farmland.