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
Beginning in 1974, Suffolk County enacted a series of laws, now codified as Chapter 8 of the Suffolk County Code, which sought to preserve agricultural lands. In exchange for paying an owner for the development rights of his/her farmland, the owner agreed to a covenant restricting the land to agricultural or open space. Between 1974
On July 11, 2016 and August 22, 2016, we blogged about how to successfully prepare and record a deed in the State of New York. Just a few days ago, a question arose as to whether joint tenants with rights of survivorship can hold title to real property in unequal interests. Although I emphatically
There has been a lot of recent press about water pollution caused by PFOS and PFOA, in particular at Hoosick Falls in upstate New York and at the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh. You may have wondered what the heck these chemicals are and should we be worried about them on Long Island.
Today’s blog post concerns a property owner receiving substantially less than it wanted when its property was taken in an eminent domain proceeding because the “highest and best use” it claimed was applicable to the site required an area variance and a zoning change, rather than a special use permit. The awarded amount was about
On July 21, 2016, the Appellate Division, Third Department, upheld a decision of the trial court in Lavender II v. Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Bolton, 141 A.D. 3d 970 (3d Dept., 2016) (Krogmann, J. ,Warren County) holding that a Castle located in a residential zone along panoramic Lake George, could not
In prior posts, we discussed sand mining in Southampton, Pine Barrens Credits and the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”). A recent case out of Suffolk County touches on all three areas, so we decided to write a blog post on it.
The case, Matter of the Application of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society,
On July 11, 2016, I began a short blog series on how to successfully prepare and record a deed in New York State. In that post, we reviewed the various types of deeds available such as warranty deeds, bargain and sale deeds and executors deeds. We also discussed the importance of securing a copy of
A recent appellate court case, Matter of Lazarus v Board of Trustees of the Village of Malverne, 31 NYS3d 207 [2d Dept 2016], involves the approval of a special use and the denial of a special exception for the same residential premises. Here are the facts of the case.
The house in question is