A state judge is seeking additional information before ruling on a six-month-old challenge to a controversial development proposal that opponents say was rushed through by New York City officials as a political favor to the powerful Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

A coalition of 40 community groups requested an injunction in December to block the rezoning to residential from manufacturing of 18 acres in the blighted Broadway Triangle urban renewal area. The city says the project will accommodate up to 1,851 units of housing, with 800 units set aside for low- and moderate-income families.

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