A conservative city lawmaker-led group filed a lawsuit on Tuesday night seeking to block Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes plan — a seismic overhaul of city zoning regulations aimed at building more housing across the five boroughs.
In the suit, filed on Staten Island in Richmond County Supreme Court, the plaintiffs allege that the Adams administration and the City Council violated city and state environmental review laws by passing the City of Yes late last year. If successful, they say the lawsuit would also overturn two other City of Yes zoning plans passed by the administration over the past year—one aimed at cutting carbon emissions and another designed to boost business growth.
