Michael Zarin and Lee Lefkowitz recently reunited with the team of attorneys, planners, and elected officials whose years of collaboration led to the successful construction of a new cell tower at the Bedford Post Inn in Bedford, New York. The project team celebrated the milestone, as the completed facility is the culmination of a complex...

Lee Lefkowitz is representing a homeowner in a $6.4 million federal case involving undisclosed infrastructure issues discovered after the purchase of a residence in Armonk, New York. Filed in U.S. District Court in White Plains on May 28, the case highlights the importance of comprehensive due diligence in high-value residential real estate transactions. The complaint...

David Cooper and Aaron Warner completed a multi-week eminent domain valuation trial on Tuesday in the New York Court of Claims on behalf of the owner and operator of an industrial property in the Town of Hempstead. The clients acquired and leased the property in 2016 with the intention of developing a concrete crushing and...

Last week, David Cooper obtained site plan and special permit approval from the Port Chester Planning Commission for the adaptive reuse of a former bank building on North Main Street. The approved project will transform the shuttered bank building into a food preparation facility and accessory cafe for Jane Foodie, a Westchester-based business founded by...

Lee Lefkowitz secured a critical victory for a developer moving forward with a 185-unit multifamily project in Orange County. The project required a sewer connection utilizing a municipal sewer easement that crossed a neighboring private property. Despite not raising any objections during the approval process, the neighboring property owner later sued, claiming trespass and seeking...

Jacob Amir successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of a physical therapy practice that occupied two cooperative units, and the co-op units’ two shareholders, against the building’s attempt to end the practice’s 20-year presence in the cooperative building. In 2000, the practice converted two ground-floor units in the cooperative building from residential to commercial spaces....

Lee Lefkowitz achieved a significant legal victory for a developer seeking to redevelop a property in Tuckahoe. The developer purchased the site — an aging single-family home — with the intent to revitalize it, only to face unexpected resistance when the Village moved to landmark the property, restricting any modifications. Zarin & Steinmetz navigated the...

Kate Roberts Feinman and Michael Zarin were part of a team that successfully represented developer Twining Properties in securing city approval for Pratt Landing, a transformative mixed-use waterfront development in New Rochelle featuring over 300 residential units, a hotel, retail and commercial space, and the revitalization of the historic New Rochelle Naval Armory. Zarin &...

David Cooper and Jaclyn Cohen secured rezoning from the Town of Yorktown Town 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 2.46-acre portion of the Field Home property to accommodate the new residences, community...

Brian Sinsabaugh successfully secured Planning Board approval for a new self-storage facility in Mount Kisco. The project, located at 2 Morgan Drive, required collaborative problem-solving to meet community and Planning Board expectations. The approved plan replaces a previously proposed car collection facility. The self-storage facility project features a three-story, 93,960-square-foot building, designed to complement the...