On February 14th, the Court of Appeals decided Sunrise Check Cashing and Payroll Services, Inc. v. Town of Hempstead, – – N.E.2d – -, 2013 WL 530640 (N.Y.), 2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 00949 (Feb. 14, 2013). At issue was a provision of the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance (“BZO”) which prohibited check cashing
Smithtown Mulls New Zoning Regulations for Hauppauge Industrial Park
As recently reported by John Callegari of Long Island Business News, the Town of Smithtown is considering the adoption of an overlay zoning district for the Hauppauge Industrial Park, which is home to some 1,300 companies. The new zoning regulations would relax some of the existing Light Industrial zoning regulations that currently apply to