News Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 – 9:45am

NYC concedes defeat and drops major lawsuit against TIME’S UP! The City of New York quietly dropped a major lawsuit against TIME’S UP!

NYC concedes defeat and drops major lawsuit against TIME’S UP! The City of New York quietly dropped a major lawsuit against TIME’S UP! after two years of legal browbeating at taxpayers’ expense. In the lawsuit, filed March 22, 2005, the City claimed that cyclists riding together in a group are required to apply for a parade permit. The dropping of the lawsuit marks the latest in a series of legal setbacks for the NYPD in its thirty-month campaign against Critical Mass and the cycling community. The City’s ongoing harassment of Critical Mass riders has been documented as costing taxpayers over $1.3 million. On February 15, 2006, New York State Supreme Court Judge Micheal D. Stallman issued a decision soundly rejecting the city’s argument that the Critical Mass ride requires a permit. [Full Story]