Here in New York, peace activists are claiming victory in a more-than-three-year dispute with the city over an ordinance limiting the size of mass gatherings on the Great Lawn in Central Park. The National Council of Arab Americans and the ANSWER Coalition sued the city after they were blocked from holding an antiwar demonstration on the Great Lawn during the Republican National Convention in August 2004. Under a new settlement, the city says it will increase the cap on crowd size from 15,000 to 75,000 people. The city will also conduct a study on whether the maximum size can be further increased.