In Orthodox Jewish Coalition of Chestnut Ridge v. Village of Chestnut Ridge New York, (SD NY, Aug. 13, 2021), a New York federal district court granted plaintiff's motion to reconsider its March 31, 2021 decision that dismissed an equal protection challenge to the Village's former zoning law. The court now held that Equal Protection and state law claims by three Orthodox synagogues and three individual plaintiffs may proceed, saying in part:
Plaintiffs argue that “the Court erred in holding that [Plaintiffs] were required to allege that . . . facially discriminatory laws were enacted with a discriminatory purpose.” ... They are correct.
