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ACLJ gears up new legal challenges to stop Ground mosque; land is partly owned by public utility

By Alliance Alert

ACLJ: "As you also know, we represent Tim Brown, a New York City firefighter who survived the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and filed a lawsuit on his behalf against the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) in New York State Supreme Court in New York on August 4th - the day after the LPC denied the proposed mosque site landmark status. In the weeks ahead, our suit will be amended to name the site?s owners, as well as the New York City Department of Buildings, Con Edison, and the New York State Public Service Commission. With every new question that surfaces, it is increasingly clear this mosque must not be built at this site . . . The revelation that a public utility owns part of the site raises a whole host of new legal questions and requires the involvement of a new public agency and possibly additional public hearings . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).