- Zoning Variance May Not Be Limited To The Term of Ownership of the Applicant
- A Complete Record is the Key in Zoning Board Applications
- Allowing Hot Mix Asphalt Plant as Special Use is Not Spot Zoning
- Belated March Madness-SEQRA and Zoning Cases from March, 2008
- Municipal Home Rule Permits Creation of Position of Police Commissioner
- When Is a Water District Not a Municipality?
- A SEQRA Review Is Not Required To Deny An Application
- Article by Silverberg Featured in New York Real Estate Law Reporter
- Conditions on Zoning Variance Must Be Reasonable
- Courts Must Apply a Zoning Law as Amended Following Submission of an Application
- Court Reverses Determination that Rezoning Constituted an Unconstitutional Taking
- Court Rules Municipal Annexation Requires Special Election
- Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to “Atlantic Yards” Condemnation
- Westchester Creates New Municipal Planning Tool
- Village Settles RLUIPA Case With Westchester Day School
- Civil Rights Action Barred When Article 78 Proceeding Provides Adequate Remedy
- Agency Has the Burden of Proving Exemption for FOIL Request
- Denial of Area Variance Due to Community Pressure Reversed
- Steven Silverberg Interviewed Concerning RLUIPA
- Site Plan Application Annulled Due to Prejudging By Planning Board Members
- City Attorney May Extend Time to Act Under Variance Without Zoning Board Action
- Open Space Restriction on Subdivision Plat Binds Future Property Owners
- Second Circuit Rules RLUIPA Applies to Westchester Day School
- Resolution Approving Consideration of Cluster Development Is Not Subject to Challenge
- Local Law Annulled Due to Improper Segmentation of SEQRA Review
- Appellate Court Holds Adjoining Municipalities May Sue Under SEQRA To Protect Community Character
- Thirty Year Old Site Plan Approval Does Not Create Vested Rights
- Appellate Court Rules Use of Eminent Domain Improper
- Second Circuit Rejects Section 1983 Property Rights Claim
- Court of Appeals Interprets New York City Watershed Regulations
- Court Denies Application to File Late Notice of Claim
- Condemnation for Recreational Proposes Qualifies as a Public Use
- Zoning Board Bound by Precedent Unless It States a Reason for a Different Result
- Court Rules Demolition Permit Does Not Trigger SEQRA Review
- Court Finds Long Beach New York Ordinance Unconstitutionally Vague
- Court Establishes Statute of Limitations for Challenge to Municipal Review Fees
- Federal Court Finds Village Discriminated Against Day Laborers
- Portions of Albany Zoning Ordinance Excluding Schools from Commercial Zone Held Unconstitutional
- New York Legislature Provides for Training of Planning Board and Zoning Board Members
- Court Finds Vested Rights in 1993 Building Permit
- Subdivision Application Not Complete Until Filing of Either a SEQRA Negative Declaration or a Notice of Completion of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- Court Holds Planning Board Authority to Delegate SEQRA Review Responsibilities is Limited
- Legislature Provides for Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Requests by E-Mail
- Court Holds Challenge To Zoning Law Must Be Brought Within Four Months of Adoption-Sometimes
- Court Finds Substantial Compliance Sufficient to Uphold Petition to Establish Water District
- Local Law Must Be Challenged Within Four Months Where Action Could Have Been Brought as Article 78 Proceeding
- Court Rules Adverse Possessor’s Actual Knowledge of True Owner Does Not Preclude Successful Adverse Possession Claim
- Court Declines to Apply RLUIPA But Upholds Religious Organization’s Use of Lot Zoned for Conference and Training Facilities
- Court May Not Compel Town Board To Consider Zone Change Application
- Court Upholds New York City’s Use of Eminent Domain for Hudson Yards Project
- ZONING BOARD MAY DENY VARIANCE DESPITE PRIOR APPROVAL OF SIMILAR RELIEF
- COURT FINDS DEIS AMENDMENT VIOLATED SEQRA
- Silverberg Zalantis LLP Successful in Defending SEQRA Determination
- Municipality Liable Under Contract for Construction Work
- Zoning Board May Not Use Public Safety As Sole Basis for Interpretation
- Changed Circumstances Warrant Area Variance Rehearing Before Zoning Board
- Court Finds New York City Towing Regulations Unconstitutional
- Court of Appeals Bars Attempt to Block Eminent Domain Action
- Mamaroneck to Appeal RLUIPA Decision
- Freedom of Information Law Continues to be an Issue in New York
- Court Rejects SEQRA Negative Declararion
- Summary of Westchester Day School RLUIPA Decision
- RLUIPA Applied in Westchester Day School Case
- New Impact Statement Requirements Go Into Effect This Week
- Court of Appeals Invalidates New York City Equal Benefits Law
- New Notice Requirements Under General Municipal Law
- What Will the Eminent Domain Law Look Like in New York?
- Property Rights Case Sent Back to District Court for Further Action
- Second Circuit Reverses Judgment for Denial of Wireless Telecommunications Tower
- Village of Suffern Sued Under RLUIPA
- Appellate Division Decides Trilogy of New Rochelle Zoning Challenges
- Court of Appeals Remands Adult Zoning Case
- Eminent Domain Case Remanded to District Court on Notice Issue
- Jury Awards 1.6 Million for Rezoning of Property
- When Does RLUIPA Prevent Review of Land Use Applications?
- Bar Association Creates Task Force to Study Eminent Domain
- New York Law Requires Posting Environmental Impact Statements on the WEB
- New York Court Holds Meeting By Telephone Violates Law
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