The Business Council of Westchester has named Lee Lefkowitz of Zarin & Steinmetz a recipient of 2026 Rising Stars – 40 Under 40 recognition. The Rising Stars program honors outstanding young professionals across Westchester County who demonstrate exceptional professional achievement, leadership, innovation, and commitment to their communities. Modeled after the national “40 Under 40” recognition...

As a follow up to our recent blog post regarding the April opinion from the New York State Supreme Court, County of Albany annulling the DEC’s adoption of regulations implementing statutory amendments expanding the DEC’s regulations to freshwater wetlands in the state (“Amendments”), the DEC just issued: a Regulations Update, confirming that the Amendments are no longer effective...

Jacob Amir, Dan Richmond and Brian Sinsabaugh represented the firm’s client, an investor and developer, on approvals for a 144 residential unit complex, including senior housing, in the Town of Newburgh, Orange County. The project required coordinating our client’s interests with the seller, state and local agencies, existing mortgage lienors and the assignee buyer over...

We are pleased to announce that David Cooper, Partner at Z&S, has helped our client, Tredway, successfully close on the IDA financing and preservation of Peekskill Plaza Apartments, a 168-unit affordable senior housing community located in the heart of downtown Peekskill. This $33.7 million transaction included securing a 40-year PILOT agreement through the Peekskill Industrial...

In 2024, New York State amended the Freshwater Wetlands Act (Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation Law) to significantly expand the State’s regulation and protection of wetlands. Thereafter, the Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) adopted regulations to implement those statutory amendments (the “Amendments”). These major statutory Amendments took effect on January 1, 2025 and have...

Attorney Dan Richmond defeated an Article 78 challenge to zoning map and text amendments adopted by New York City City Council that will allow for the development a major mixed use project on Empire Boulevard in Brooklyn.  The Petition alleged a variety of deficiencies in the SEQRA review of the project and also included a...