Some tenants in each building have been withholding rent for two months, said their lawyer, Jack Lester.

The opponents hired Jack Lester, a lawyer specializing in community issues.

The lawyer for the block association, Jack Lester, said there would be no appeal.

Jack Lester is a likable former prosecutor in the district attorney's office who has made a name around the city championing the rights of tenants.

Jack Lester, the lawyer who filed the suit, hailed the decision as a precedent upholding community rights.

Jack Lester, the association's lawyer, withdrew the suit on Friday.

"We contend there have been major changes in the neighborhood since then," Jack Lester, the coalition's lawyer, said of the 1992 assessment.

"The law is clear," said Jack Lester, the plaintiffs' lawyer.

The coalition's lawyer, Jack Lester, seemed mildly surprised at how things worked out.

Jack Lester, a lawyer for the project's opponents, said the approval process was "tainted" by corruption.