David Cooper and Lee J. Lefkowitz successfully counseled a client through the final stages of approving the Continental Commons development project in Fishkill. Zarin & Steinmetz advised the client in securing the last of its municipal land use approvals (site plan and subdivision) and in completing all post-approval obligations required by the Town of Fishkill....

Zarin & Steinmetz attorney Lee J. Lefkowitz obtained a significant win for a developer building a 16-unit multifamily housing project in Orange County. The lawsuit—Garden Housing v. Noam Estates, No. EF003060-2025—sought to block construction of the approved project through claims of trespass and a request for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiff, a neighboring property owner,...

On June 9, 2025, Michael Zarin and Lee Lefkowitz filed their brief in Hudson View Park Company v. Town of Fishkill before the New York State Court of Appeals—New York’s highest court. Z&S’s appeal arrives at a pivotal moment in the state’s intensifying housing crisis and poses key questions about a builder’s pursuit of residential...

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...