NEW YORK, N.Y. – Elected officials and community leaders announced Tuesday a lawsuit to stop the New York City Charter Revision Commission’s ballot proposals they say would “radically change” the city’s land use processes.

A host of community leaders, elected officials from across the five boroughs, and Big Apple residents rallied in front of City Hall Tuesday morning in support of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges that the Charter Revision Commission violated the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and the City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) in approving the ballot proposals without conducting a mandated environmental review. Opponents of the ballot proposals say an environmental review would have provided voters with “crucial information” before they head to the polls.

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