DEERPARK, N.Y.—A federal judge has dismissed an environmental lawsuit against Dragon Springs, home to two performing arts schools founded by practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong.
The lawsuit was filed in January 2022 by a New Paltz-based nonprofit whose founder has ties to China and has for several years waged a campaign against the campus. It also included several local residents, including a resident who was behind another failed lawsuit against the campus in 2019.
A temple located at Dragon Springs in Deerpark, N.Y. (Courtesy of Dragon Springs)
“This suit is baseless, and so we’re not surprised it was dismissed,” George Xu, vice president of Dragon Springs, told The Epoch Times….