Zarin & Steinmetz is pleased to announce that the firm secured a complete victory in defending land-use approvals it secured from an Article 78 challenge. The action sought to stop the redevelopment of a prominent site in the Town of Fishkill with a restaurant, self-storage facility, car wash, and other uses. Zarin & Steinmetz had...

Z&S Attorney Jacob Amir obtained complete dismissal of an action brought against a subcontractor telecommunications company for claims alleging conversion, fraud, negligent hiring and supervision, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The Plaintiff claimed money damages against several parties, including our client and a major telecommunications service provider, arising from installation services and...

Zarin & Steinmetz was retained by Westchester homeowners to defend against a neighbor’s lawsuit seeking easement rights over a dirt trail on the client’s property. The neighbor filed an aggressive Order to Show Cause (OSC) seeking immediate court permission to make alterations to the trail before the case could even be heard. Z&S partners Lee...

Z&S Partner Lee Lefkowitz presented oral argument on November 20 before the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court. The case, Hudson View Park Company, LLC v. Town of Fishkill, addresses important questions at the intersection of land use, statutory interpretation, contract law, and public policy. Appearing before New York’s highest court is a major milestone...

Zarin & Steinmetz was retained by defendants, owners of a Staten Island property. The defendants had faced a contract lawsuit from the property’s former seller, which they chose to settle. However, shortly after settlement, it was discovered the former seller had allegedly hidden significant environmental contamination on the site. Since this critical information was allegedly...

David Cooper and Jaclyn Cohen represented secured site plan, special permit, subdivision and wetland approvals from the Town of Yorktown Planning Board to facilitate Toll Brothers, Inc.’s proposed 118-unit, 55+ active adult townhouse community on a portion of the Field Home property on Catherine Street. The project involves subdividing a 3.05-acre portion of the Field Home property to...

Jacob Amir leads firm’s representation on client’s $17.1 million sale of three Bronx Properties. Zarin & Steinmetz LLP represented a family-owned real estate holding company on the sale of three commercial properties in the Bronx in a package sale to an investor. The properties, all fully occupied, had been owned and operated by the family...

David Steinmetz led our Firm in securing approvals for two 32-story residential towers containing a total of 670 units overlooking the palisades cliffs in Yonkers.  With its iconic design, this project will contribute to the evolving skyline of downtown Yonkers. The approval process necessitated a two-year comprehensive environmental review, use and area variances from the...

David Steinmetz and Kate Roberts Feinman successfully represented the developer of the residential towers within the Ridge Hill residential development in Yonkers, New York on a complex $145 million refinance transaction with an institutional lender. David and Kate began work on this matter in early July and were able to efficiently close on September 15th....

David Steinmetz and Lee Lefkowitz successfully represented Dakota Supply Corp and a series of other entities that own and operate a contractor’s yard in the Town of Cortlandt.  Partnering with the Town, Z&S defended an Article 78 proceeding brought by another property owner who attempted to challenge and overturn a site plan approval that allowed...