Judge declines to issue temporary restraining order in SoHo rezoning case Bloomberg Opponents of the SoHo rezoning have lost their bid to place a temporary restraining order on the process in their legal battle against it. Judge Arthur Engoron, who previously ruled in favor of the City Council in its fight against four major towers planned for Lower Manhattan, declined to issue the order for the SoHo rezoning process in the lawsuit the SoHo Alliance and Broadway Residents Coalition had filed against the city on Friday. This should allow the rezoning process to proceed even as the lawsuit makes its way through the court system.