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By Mason Lawlor | October 2, 2023
"We are pleased with the jury's vindication of Mr. Erickson and rejection of the majority of claims against him, including that Plaintiffs' land sale claims were undermined by Plaintiffs' own failures under the contract." "After more than two years of hard-fought litigation, the jury concluded that the Plaintiffs' demand for nearly $49 million in damages was unsupported by the facts of the dispute. The Court also awarded Mr. Erickson more than $100,000 on his counterclaims against the Plaintiffs."
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By Neil Weisbard | October 1, 2023
What better way to end this Zoning Series than with a top five list? Part V of this series covers the top five special permits issued by either the New York City Planning Commission or New York City Board of Standards and Appeals.
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By Anthony S. Guardino | September 26, 2023
It is generally well known that there are 60 days to challenge an administrative determination of a building permit application. But depending on the specific circumstances, the ins and outs of the rule can be complex.
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By Alexander Lugo | September 20, 2023
Attorneys have been swamped with calls from asset managers and institutional investors.
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By Alexander Lugo | August 31, 2023
"The owners of all of those commercial office buildings are facing decreased demand for office leases right now," said Heather Jonczak, a construction-focused shareholder in Carlton Fields' Miami office. "We're in a little bit of a different situation than a lot of other major U.S. markets."
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By Scott Mollen | August 29, 2023
Scott Mollen discusses "WDF Inc. v. Dormitory Auth. of NYS," and "Cuffaro v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of the Village of Bellport.
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By Harlan S. Stone and Anna S. Jewart | August 17, 2023
Penncrest attempted to develop an analysis for agencies and the OOR to utilize to determine when records related to social media pages are or are not "public records" under the RTKL. Boyer shows that these factors are mandatory and apparently here to stay.
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By Scott Mollen | August 1, 2023
Scott Mollen discusses the land use case 'Weinstock v. NYS Urban Dev. Corp.," dealing with a FOIL request. He writes: "This case is of interest because many opponents of large projects file FOIL requests in an effort to uncover evidence which may derail such projects. This decision found that some of the government agency's objections were over broad and inconsistent with the language and intent of the FOIL statute."
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By Edward W. Purcell | August 1, 2023
With respect to the "effective prohibition" standard, the court held that Verizon had proven that there was a "significant gap" in its coverage, and that the proposed monopole would fill that gap.
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By Christopher Rizzo | July 27, 2023
As this column has noted before, New York state has an acute housing shortage. At the current slow pace of construction (about 40,000 units in 2022), the state will never produce the 800,000 housing units needed to meet demand over the next 10 years. The housing shortage has markedly increased housing costs throughout the state, hitting low- and moderate-income New Yorkers hard.
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