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The Effect or Interpretation of an Ordinance at the Time of Review Applies, Despite Long-Standing Historical Views

By John C. Stellakis on April 1, 2019

Posted in Article 78, Building Permits, Land Use Regulations, Zoning Board

In The Committee for Environmentally Sound Development v. Amsterdam Avenue Development Associates, LLC, 2019 WL 1206357, 2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 30621(U), Index No. 153819 (Sup. Ct. New York Co., March 14, 2019), the Supreme Court, New York County, granted a petition to annul a resolution upholding the issuance of a building permit (“Permit”) for the construction…
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Getting Lost in the “Open Space” of New York City’s Superblocks

By Farrell Fritz P.C. on January 14, 2019

Posted in Article 78, Building Permits, Environmental, Land Use Regulations, Property Rights, Zoning Board

In Peyton v. New York City Bd. of Standards and Appeals, (2018 N.Y. 06870, 166 A.D.3d 120 (1st Dept 2018), Petitioners-community residents (“Petitioners”) commenced a proceeding to challenge the City of New York (“City”) Board of Standards and Appeals’s (“Board”) resolution upholding the City Department of Buildings’s (“DOB”) decision…
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