Z&S Successful in Three Appeals Upholding Hampshire Country Club’s Regulatory Taking Claim in Mamaroneck
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 […]
David Steinmetz Leads Z&S in Major Elmwood Preserve Subdivision Approval
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 […]
Zarin & Steinmetz Facilitates $33.7M Peekskill Housing Deal

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 […]
David Steinmetz Leads Approval for Iconic 670-Unit Yonkers Residential Towers

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 […]
Z&S Represents Developer in $145M Commercial Refinancing

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. […]
Zarin & Steinmetz Seeks Zoning Change for Transformative Residential Project in Croton-on-Hudson

Kory Salomone and Jaclyn Cohen are representing 1 HMB Property Owner LLC to secure a zoning amendment in Croton-on-Hudson that would pave the way for a 280-unit apartment building at 1 Half Moon Bay Drive. The 5.66-acre site, currently used as a tire storage and logistics warehouse, would be transformed into a vibrant residential community. […]