Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Right for Ground Zero Mosque to Be Built, Gets Ex-Firefighter’s Case Dismissed

On September 9, 2010, Plaintiff Forras, a former firefighter, brought a class action lawsuit for damages, in the amount of $350,000,000, allegedly sustained by him and others as a result of the proposed development of a mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero. The complaint named the developers of a mosque and Islamic cultural center as defendants. Based on the need to defend against religious and ethnic prejudice, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., took on the case pro bono, that is, as a public service without charge.

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Victorious: Efforts to Block Free Exercise of Religion Thwarted

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Victorious: Efforts to Block Free Exercise of Religion Thwarted
On September 9, 2010, plaintiff Forras, a former firefighter, brought a class action lawsuit for damages, in the amount of $350,000,000, allegedly sustained by him and others as a result of the proposed development of a mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero. The complaint named the developers of a mosque and Islamic cultural center as defendants. Based on the need to defend against religious and ethnic prejudice, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. took on the case pro bono, that...
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Prevails for the Development of a Ground Zero Mosque

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Prevails for the Development of a Ground Zero Mosque
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was victorious in representing an Islamic community center who wanted to build a Mosque near Ground Zero.The motion papers included, among others, defenses based on the fundamental rights guaranteed to all Americans by the United States Constitution including that, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, people are entitled to the free exercise of their religion. Adam Leitman Bailey, PC argued that intrinsic in that right, is the right to construct a...
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Right for Ground Zero Mosque to Build Community Center

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Right for Ground Zero Mosque to Build Community Center
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Ex-Firefighter Withdraws Appeal Bringing an End to the Ground Zero Mosque Saga

Ex-Firefighter Withdraws Appeal Bringing an End to the Ground Zero Mosque Saga
The Real Deal
By: Katherine Clarke April 16th, 2012 Retired New York City firefighter Timothy Brown has withdrawn his appeal of a Supreme Court decision preventing him from taking action to prevent construction of Soho Properties’ proposed Islamic mosque and community center in Lower Manhattan, The Real Deal has learned. Brown initially filed suit in New York State Supreme Court in October 2010, challenging a Landmarks Preservation Commission ruling from August 2010 that denied Landmark status for the 150-year old Burlington Coat factory...
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Ground Zero Mosque Wins in Court

Ground Zero Mosque Wins in Court
Fox Business
By: Reshma Kirpalani July 13th, 2011 The backers of the controversial “Ground Zero Mosque” have won a court fight clearing the way for them to build the mosque and community center complex two blocks from the site of the 9/11 terror attack. In a decision on Friday that was made public today, New York State Supreme Justice Paul Feinman dismissed a lawsuit by former firefighter Timothy Brown who argued that New York City was wrong to allow the destruction of...
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NY Judge Gives Ground Zero Mosquestrosity the Nod: Last Legal Challenge Removed, Protest Rally on 911

NY Judge Gives Ground Zero Mosquestrosity the Nod: Last Legal Challenge Removed, Protest Rally on 911
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By: Ruth King July 12th, 2011 Another nod for the Islamic supremacists who seek to desecrate the sacred ground of Ground Zero with a 15-story mega-mosque in a building destroyed in the 911 attacks. Join us on September 11th to protest the Cordoba mosquestrosity. Judge Rules Ex-Firefighter Cannot Sue Over Mosque NY TimesA Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former New York City firefighter who is trying to stop the construction of an Islamic community center in Lower...
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Ground Zero Mosque Redux

Ground Zero Mosque Redux
Jewish World Review
By: John Riley March 16th, 2011 Though few knew about it, the controversy has now landed in court NEW YORK CITY – (MCT) A New York state judge Tuesday said he was leery about overturning a city landmarks preservation agency’s decision last year that cleared the way for a controversial mosque and community center near the Sept. 11 ground zero site. “I’m certainly not an architect by training,” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Paul Feinman told a lawyer for firefighter Tim...
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New York Mosque Project Site Faces Legal Challenge

New York Mosque Project Site Faces Legal Challenge
NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters Legal) – A New York building set to be demolished for an Islamic cultural center and mosque should be preserved as a monument of the Sept. 11 al Qaeda attacks, opponents of the mosque project said in court on Tuesday. A lawsuit by a New York firefighter who survived the attacks in 2001 seeks to overturn a decision by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission last August denying landmark status to the Lower Manhattan building, clearing...
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9/11 Firefighter Helps Forge Final Battle to Stop New York City ‘Ground Zero Mosque’

9/11 Firefighter Helps Forge Final Battle to Stop New York City ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
Fox Business
March 15th, 2011 In a last-chance effort to stop the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” opponents were in court Tuesday arguing the building where the mosque is to be built should be a historic landmark — thus making it ineligible for new construction. “Why did they insist on building this mosque on the graveyards of our friends?” asked New York City firefighter Tim Brown, a 9/11 survivor who was among those that brought the lawsuit to New York State Supreme Court,...
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Ground Zero Mosque Lawsuit Ruling Condo Could Come Next Month, Judge Says

Ground Zero Mosque Lawsuit Ruling Condo Could Come Next Month, Judge Says
DNAinfo
By: Julie Shapiro March 15th, 2011 LOWER MANHATTAN — The legal dispute over the mosque near Ground Zero may soon be over. A conservative group representing a 9/11 firefighter has been trying for months to derail the Park51 mosque and community center by challenging the city’s decision to allow the project to move forward. Judge Paul Feinman said during a hearing Tuesday that he will issue a decision as soon as next month, according to two people who attended. The...
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Fireman Drops Lawsuit Against Ground Zero ‘Mosque’

Fireman Drops Lawsuit Against Ground Zero ‘Mosque’
The New York Observer
By: Michael Ewing April 17th, 2012 If you thought the Ground Zero “mosque” struggle ended when the courts struck down a lawsuit against the cultural center last July, you are a little off. A notice of appeal was later filed, but that was finally withdrawn last Friday, according to The Real Deal. Timothy Brown, a retired New York City firefighter, initially filed the suit back in October 2010 to the New York State Supreme Court. The suit challenged the recent...
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Judge Dismisses Ex-Firefighter’s Case Against Ground Zero-Area Mosque

Judge Dismisses Ex-Firefighter’s Case Against Ground Zero-Area Mosque
The Real Deal
By: Colin Moynihan July 10th, 2011 In what appears to be the last legal challenge to the project, a Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former New York City firefighter Timothy Brown who is trying to halt the construction of the Park51 Islamic community center near Ground Zero by overturning a decision by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to deny landmark status to a 150-year-old building on the Park Place site. According to the New York Times,...
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Judge Rules Ex-Firefighter Cannot Sue Over Mosque

Judge Rules Ex-Firefighter Cannot Sue Over Mosque
By: Colin Moynihan July 10th, 2011 A Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former New York City firefighter who is trying to stop the construction of an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan. The former firefighter, Timothy Brown, sought to overturn a decision by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to deny landmark status for a 150-year-old building on Park Place that would be demolished to make way for the center. The building, which once housed a...
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Judge tosses out case against Park 51

Judge tosses out case against Park 51
The Real Deal
By: David Jones November 9th, 2012 A state Supreme Court judge dismissed a suit by retired New York firefighter who alleged the proposed Park51 Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan inflicted emotional distress on him. Vincent Forras, the ex-firefighter, was injured during his role as a first responder during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The firefighter had leased office space and lived, on a part-time basis, at 257 Church Street, fewer than 10 blocks from the proposed Park 51 site at...
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Park51 Developer Still Does Not Have Funds to Build Community Center

Park51 Developer Still Does Not Have Funds to Build Community Center
The Real Deal
July 25th, 2011 Following a huge legal victory for Park51, the Islamic community center near Ground Zero, attorney Adam Leitman Bailey appeared on Fox News to talk construction costs. The attorney, who defended Park 51 developer Sharif El-Gamal against a lawsuit from former New York City firefighter Timothy Brown, said the developer still does not have the money to build the mosque. “Knocking it down doesn’t cost a lot of money,” he said of the demolition of the former Burlington...
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