April 2014

There is still time to apply for funding through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, but not much.

The Program was designed to provide financial support to farms and farmers who produce specialty crops, i.e., grapes, hops, etc… Approximately $66 million in funding is available nationwide with $1.4 million earmarked…

The Appellate Division, Second Department, recently held that developers who incurred substantial expenses in furtherance of a particular development do not acquire a common-law vested right to proceed under prior zoning laws, where they failed to comply with the conditions of a prior approval before new zoning regulations were adopted.  It also held that a…