Judge Throws Out Subpoenas for Park Avenue Co-ops

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The boards of several co-ops along Park Avenue in the lower 60s will avoid having to hand over documents about the social lives of their residents as part of a lawsuit.

A federal judge, Deborah Batts of U.S. District Court, threw out subpoenas that a neighboring Christian Scientist church had issued to co-op boards at 570, 575, and 580 Park Ave. The subpoenas primarily sought information about any efforts that residents had made to contact local public officials in a bid to stop the church from hosting large galas. But the subpoenas also appeared to seek information about any social events that the co-op boards knew to have occurred in the buildings.

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