Lee Lefkowitz and Aaron Warner secured a significant litigation victory on behalf of a large property owner in ​Armonk. Lee and Aaron brought the federal lawsuit, Colabella v. Cronus, No. 25–cv–4448, arising from an allegedly defective property inspection that induced Z&S’s client to purchase the property. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...

Z&S Partners David Cooper and Jody Cross secured three decisions from the Appellate Division, Second Department in the Hampshire Recreation, LLC v. Village of Mamaroneck litigation stemming from the Planning Board’s denial of Hampshire’s residential subdivision application in 2020. In three decisions issued together on September 2, 2026, the Second Department upheld the Supreme Court’s...

Zarin & Steinmetz attorney David S. Steinmetz appeared before the White Plains Planning Board in connection with Whitmore Estates’ preliminary subdivision application for the former Windward School property in White Plains. The proposal seeks a 13-lot subdivision of the 5.355-acre site at 5 and 15 Windward Avenue, allowing 14 single-family homes to be built following...

David S. Steinmetz led the firm and the Ridgewood Elmwood Development Team in a multi-year planning, engineering and environmental review that culminated in one of the largest recent residential subdivision approvals in Westchester County. Z&S secured subdivision, steep slopes and wetlands approval for a 113 lot development on the former Elmwood Country Club site located...

Representing Briarhouse LLC and its development team, David Cooper and Kate (Roberts) Feinman recently secured zoning text and map amendments, as well as concept plan approval, from the Village of Briarcliff Manor Village Board in connection with a $55 million mixed-use redevelopment project that will transform the southern gateway to the village’s downtown district. The...

Zarin & Steinmetz LLP is representing Continental American RE in connection with the 16 Villard Avenue project – a 60-unit active adult (55+) community in Hastings-on-Hudson. The development would transform a long-vacant site into vibrant new housing designed for downsizing residents, featuring modern amenities and a mix of affordable units. In addition to revitalizing the...