Dive Brief:

• A judge has blocked part of New York University’s plan to build four towers.
• The ruling says that the city was wrong to agree to turn over three parks to the school without getting approval from state lawmakers.
• The university said the ruling would still allow it to move ahead with one part of the building project, which could be as tall as 26 stories.

Dive Insight:

This battle is far from over. The university has not said whether it would appeal and at this stage, even the ramifications of the ruling seem up in the air. Opponents say the school should not be allowed to continue with only part of its project, since the original approval and environmental review was for the project as a whole.