Kind of like Star Wars when the Republic voted to activate the clones to fight the trade federation. Bloomberg created a Park Alliance to negotiate with the private parties (CFG, USTA, Mets, Related/Sterling Equities) with regards to use of the park. However, when DiBlasio was elected he played the part of Emperor Palpetine and used the alliance for evil. He gave charge to only one councilwoman who was loyal to him and she made deals where the private parties she chose would pay half the money they gave for park land towards conserving the park and half directly to the alliance (all money should really go into the general fund for the city). One of the councilman from Hillcrest is suing because he was not loyal to Emperor DiBlasio and therefore not given any say in the alliance or where it's money went, contrary to the way the actual law is written. Let's just call him a rebel