Pack the Court! Let Ivy City Breathe! Sept 17th
Parisa Norouzi
FRIENDS: The Ivy City ruling is important to everyone who cares about upholding the laws for Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) notice and input, Environmental Impact studies as well as the principle of communities such as Ivy City not being treated as a dumping ground! The Mayor promised “revitalization” but authorized pollution – the residents sued and WON, yet the Mayor appealed. Let’s show our support for Ivy City by packing the hearing room Sept 17th! More info on the case is available at: http://livingwiththelaw.com/tag/ivy-city/
Pack the Hearing Room!
We're going back to court to DEFEAT the MAYOR's APPEAL &
LET
IVY CITY BREATHE!
Tuesday, September 17th
9:00 AM
Ceremonial Chambers, Lower Level
DC Court of Appeals - 430 "E" Street, N.W
NOTE: We don’t know an exact start time for our case. We are scheduled at 9:30, but the court will hear several that morning. Please come when you can and stay as long as you are able.
RSVP/More info to Par...@empowerdc.org or (202) 234-9119 x 100
In July 2012 Ivy
City residents filed suit against DC Mayor Vincent Gray and the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to Block the Construction of a Diesel-Bus Parking lot and “Driver’s Lounge” on the site of the cherished historic
Alexander
Crummell School, in the heart of the community.
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Ivy City, long treated as a dumping ground by the District and littered with over 10 acres of parking lots for diesel trucks and buses, is fighting for its residents’ right to breathe and
to live. In December, Judge Macaluso GRANTED the injunction, preventing the city from operating the diesel bus parking lot. Mayor Gray has appealed her ruling, and on September 17th we will have our appeals court hearing!
The Judges will be sitting “en banc” ~
(on bonk) French for "in the bench," it signifies a decision by the full court of all the appeals judges in jurisdictions where there is more than one three- or four-judge panel. The larger number sit in judgment when the court
feels there is a particularly significant issue at stake or when requested by one or both parties to the case and agreed to by the court. (Law.com)
Parisa B. Norouzi
Executive Director
Empower DC
1419 V St, NW
Washington, DC 20009