Although the use of land banks has been in existence for many years in other states, it was not until after the New York real estate market collapsed in or around 2008 that the New York State Legislature enacted the 2011 New York State Land Bank Act (“Land Bank Act”).
The Land Bank Act authorizes
We recently came across an interesting decision from a federal appeals court involving a town’s rescission of a 25-year-old negative declaration issued under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). A “negative declaration” is a written determination by a lead agency that a proposed action will not result in significant adverse environmental impacts.
The Town of Southampton re-zoned three properties located in Hampton Bays adjacent or close to the Shinnecock Canal by amending the Town’s Zoning Code to add section 330-248(V), creating the Canoe Place Inn, Canal and Eastern District Maritime Planned Development District. This local
Complete Streets refers to roadway design aimed at ensuring safe and convenient access for all users, whether on foot, on a bicycle, in vehicles, or using other transit modes. 
Here on Long Island, roadway design has primarily focused on one mode of transportation – the automobile. But that is changing. Now, roadways are looked at