Zarin & Steinmetz Obtains Major Approvals for RPW Group and NRP Group in the Town of Harrison
Michael Zarin and Kate Roberts recently secured SEQRA Approval and a Zoning Text Amendment from the Town of Harrison in connection with the Webb Avenue Multi-Family Residential Project. After a nearly three-year SEQRA and Zoning process, including the preparation of a full Environmental Impact Statement, Z&S, working in close collaboration with JMC and the Development […]
Brian Sinsabaugh Included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™
Z&S congratulates Associate Brian Sinsabaugh, who was included in the 2023 edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ for his work in Land Use and Zoning Law.
Z&S Attorneys David Steinmetz and Lee Lefkowitz Pen Article Discussing Legislative Discretion on Rezonings, and Impact on the Housing Crisis
Motivated by the current housing crisis, and in an effort to devise ways to solve it, Zarin & Steinmetz attorneys David Steinmetz and Lee Lefkowitz offer a unique public policy analysis, which will be published in the upcoming November/December issue of the New York State Bar Association Journal. David and Lee push for a new […]
Zarin & Steinmetz Obtains Amended Site Plan Approval for Toll Brothers in the Town of Fishkill
David Cooper and Brian Sinsabaugh recently secured Amended Site Plan approval from the Town of Fishkill Planning Board in connection with the final phase of Toll Brother’s Van Wyck Mews community in the Town of Fishkill. Toll is proposing to build 103 townhouses in lieu of six previously approved buildings containing condominium flats. The amended […]
Z&S Secures Final Approvals for 155-Unit Brightview Senior Living Residence in Greenburgh
On August 3, 2022, Partners David Steinmetz and David Cooper secured final subdivision plat approval from the Town of Greenburgh Planning Board on behalf of Brightview Senior Living. Brightview, a national provider of senior living communities based in Baltimore with several communities operating or planned in Westchester, is the contract-vendee to purchase an 8-acre portion […]
Z&S Secures Refinance for Ridge Hill Tower
David Steinmetz and Kate Feinman successfully closed a complex $72 Million Dollar refinance transaction on behalf of Azorim (Israel’s largest, publicly traded development company), in connection with a 180-unit residential tower at the Monarch at Ridge Hill community in Yonkers, NY. Z&S is already working on securing land use approvals for another residential tower in […]
Zarin & Steinmetz Granted Summary Judgment Against Neighbors Alleging Nuisance and Trespass
Daniel Richmond and Lee Lefkowitz defended property owners in a Rockland County Supreme Court lawsuit brought by a neighboring landowner alleging nuisance and trespass. The case involved a lengthy discovery process including document productions, interrogatories, and depositions. During depositions, Z&S deposed the Plaintiff and secured an admission that the Plaintiff lacked adequate knowledge to support […]
Z&S Successfully Defends Preliminary Injunction Motion Aimed at the Construction of a Mikvah Project
Z&S Partner Dan Richmond secured a Decision denying preliminary injunctive relief aimed at stopping a client’s construction of a mikvah project pending appeal. The Honorable Robert M. Berliner of the Rockland County Supreme Court held that once a lower Court dismisses an Article 78 proceeding, it no longer has jurisdiction to issue injunctive relief. While […]
Eminent Domain: Expert Opinion Regarding Wetland Permitting and Valuation Prepared by Michael Zarin & Marsha Rubin Goldstein Upheld by Second Department
Since 2017, the New York City Law Department has relied on Z&S to provide expert testimony in a series of condemnation proceedings arising out of the City’s acquisition of land for its “Bluebelt” flood control program on Staten Island. In a recent case before Hon. Wayne P. Saitta in the New York Supreme Court for […]
Z&S In the News: Floor and Décor Flagship Store in Port Chester
Zarin & Steinmetz represents the owner of the former Key Foods Grocery Store site on Midland Avenue in the Village of Port Chester seeking to bring the first Floor and Décor store to Westchester. The Property was recently accepted into the NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program. The Project would cleanup and revitalize a dormant “gateway” property […]