NEW YORK—Eleven groups filed a lawsuit against the city Monday to overturn New York University’s (NYU) expansion plan in Greenwich Village.
In July, the city approved NYU’s plan to build four new buildings and demolish two existing low-rise buildings around Washington Square Park.
NYU was given the 2 million square feet of space in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. At that time the land was public space.
The Greenwich Village Society for History Preservation (GVSHP), one of the groups filing the lawsuit, said NYU’s plan violates the terms of agreements the land was given under and would effectively transform “a residential neighborhood into a 20-year construction zone.”
