Ridgewood's Sunset Community Garden is involved in a lawsuit against New York City after its license was revoked. Recently, city officials agreed to negotiate a settlement, which surprised the courtroom. Jonathan Wallace, the garden's attorney, indicated significant progress towards resolution. Despite ongoing allegations of harassment against city employees, Corporation Counsel's decision for leniency stems from concerns tied to mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. His strong anti-Israel views raise fears among city officials that removing the community garden could jeopardize their positions.
The garden group's attorney, Jonathan Wallace, shared the settlement update during a court hearing just minutes before the judge was set to rule on his request to temporarily prevent the city from enforcing the garden's license termination. Mr. Wallace, to the surprise of the court, pulled the injunction motion and stated that "we've made very substantial progress to a resolution of this case."
Ridgewood's Sunset Community Garden, which is currently suing New York City after Parks officials revoked its license, received a boost last week when the city's corporation counsel agreed to engage in settlement negotiations as a means to resolve the lawsuit.
The Democratic Socialist candidate, a staunch critic of Israel, is an open supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. City officials thus fear that ousting the anti-Zionist garden group may put their jobs in jeopardy should Mr. Mamdani become mayor.
Corporation Counsel may be prioritizing the possibility that Mr. Mamdani will emerge from November's election with the keys to Gracie Mansion.
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