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NYC agrees to pay over denied permit; '04 rallies banned from park.(NATION)
Washington Times, The, January, 2008
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Byline: Audrey Hudson
New York City has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by Arab and antiwar groups that were denied permits to host civil rights rallies during the 2004 Republican presidential convention.
The National Council of Arab Americans and the Act Now to Stop War & End Racism Coalition will split $50,000 plus $500,000 in legal fees, according to the agreement reached Tuesday that halts the three-year-old lawsuit.
However, city and park officials say they were justified in denying the permits to stage large rallies on Central Park's Great Lawn, which ...
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