Central Park’s restrictions on large gatherings on the Great Lawn are supported by an independent study required under a settlement of a federal lawsuit filed by two civil rights groups.

The National Council of Arab Americans and the Act Now to Stop War & End Racism Coalition had accused New York City of allowing use of the lawn in a discriminatory fashion after being denied a permit for a 75,000-person rally just prior to the 2004 Republican National Convention.

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