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    Oil Corporations Defeat City’s Claim

    Climate change  •  Citywide

    A Chevron oil tanker. Chevron was one of five companies sued by the City of New York over climate change. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Lahti213

    The City sued major oil companies for flood damage and climate change costs. On January 8, 2018, The City of New York filed a related lawsuit in federal court against BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobile Corporation, and Royal Dutch Shell, PC, the five largest fossil fuel producers in the world. The City alleged that the oil companies downplayed the risks of climate change and promoted the use of fossil fuels despite environmental risks. The City sought to hold the oil companies liable for injuries to New York City from sea-level rise. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, climate change, Federal Clean Air Act, litigation
    Date:07/12/2019
    Category : CityLaw
    (1) Comment

    De Blasio Administration Sues to Remove “Water-Based” Billboards from City Waterways

    Litigation  •  Citywide

    Exhibit from lawsuit against Ballyhoo Media showing the company’s advertising for floating billboards across City waterways. Image Credit: Mayor’s Office/ NYC Law Department Affirmative Litigation Division

    The City is seeking thousands of dollars per day in fines for the ongoing and repeated violations. On March 27, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced a lawsuit against Ballyhoo Media, Inc., a water-based billboard company, for repeatedly violating local laws by displaying “Times Square-style” billboards on Manhattan and Brooklyn waterways. The billboards began popping up last Fall and are LED signs on barges, and the City alleges in the suit that the signs create a “public nuisance,” and violate the New York City Zoning Resolution. The City seeks an injunction to prohibit Ballyhoo from operating the billboards and fines of up to $25,000 per violation, per day for Ballyhoo Media’s ongoing and repeated violations. (read more…)

    Tags : Ballyhoo Media, floating advertisments, floating billboards, lawsuit, litigation, Mayor's Office, waterways, zoning law
    Date:04/08/2019
    Category : Office of the Mayor
    (1) Comment

    Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement Brings Lawsuit Over Illegal Short-Term Rental Operation

    Press Release  •  Citywide

    According to the Office of Special Enforcement, all of the units at 200 East 116th Street were converted into illegal short term rentals. Image Credit: Google Maps

    The lawsuit claims that at least 130 apartments were converted into illegal short-term rentals. On January 14, 2019, the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement announced that it filed a lawsuit against several defendants for converting apartments in 35 residential buildings into illegal short-term rentals through websites like Airbnb. The defendants include Metropolitan Property Group (MPG), five current or former MPG employees and 18 associated corporate entities. The lawsuit was filed on January 14, 2019, in New York State Supreme Court. (read more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, litigation, Manhattan, Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement, short term rentals
    Date:01/29/2019
    Category : Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement
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