The Pacifica Foundation ceased local operations on WBAI New York City, due to financial and legal issues that has plagued the station (since Pacifica acquired it in 1960) that saw its staff dismissed and programs cancelled (including the news department), default on rental payments to the owners of the Empire State Building, foreclosure and repossession of its equipment that was averted via an emergency loan to pay off outstanding and mounting debts, a leasing deal with a community operator fall through, and reaching a settlement to relocate their transmissions to 4 Times Square. WBAI will remain on the air with a mix of programming from Pacifica's other stations and the syndication market for the foreseeable future, promising to return if and when Pacifica resolves its financial problems.[251] Pacifica staffers received a temporary injunction ordering Pacifica to resume local operations (they argued Pacifica's actions were illegal under Article 78 of the New York Civil Practice Law, Section 1315 of the Not For Profit Corporation Law and Pacifica's bylaws), but the WBAI studio had already been dismantled by the next morning, making compliance impossible. The battle has lead to a back and forth legal limbo between the United States Federal Court and Supreme Court of the State of New York, with an extension of the Temporary Restraining Order keeping the current status quo until unless the state court modifies or terminates it. On November 6, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Melissa Crane ruled that the Pacifica Foundation must return control of WBAI to its local staff immediately, even as Pacifica plans to enforce the injunction and plans to appeal the decision.