Inwood developers outlasted lawsuit, but damage is done

A lawsuit’s demise secured Inwood’s rezoning this week, but the litigation may have done lasting damage to some projects. The state’s highest court on Monday rejected a bid to appeal a lower court’s reinstatement of the rezoning, paving the way for the creation and preservation of 5,000 affordable housing units. When the City Council approved zoning in 2018 to encourage housing construction, the economy was humming and the city’s coffers were overflowing. Now developers and