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Chinatown residents sue to block after-hours construction at Manhattan jail site

77 years old; recovering from prostate cancer treatment

Chinatown residents and community groups sued New York City on October 21 to stop the new 18-hour workdays at the Manhattan jail rising on Centre Street. The suit challenges permits, issued in early October, that allow construction from 6 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, plus Saturday shifts and dawn truck deliveries.

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"The only time that I am now able to sleep with no noise or disruption is for the four hours from midnight to 4 a.m." — court affidavit, via Curbed

from Chinatown residents sue to block after-hours construction at Manhattan jail site · Updated 2 hours ago

"It is torture." — court affidavit, via Curbed

from Chinatown residents sue to block after-hours construction at Manhattan jail site · Updated 2 hours ago