Zoning and Land Use

Zoning and Land Use

The Firm’s zoning and land use practice is one of the most sophisticated on Long Island. The firm’s practice draws on the talents, knowledge and years of experience of its attorneys in both the private and the public sectors. We represent clients in complex matters that involve many of the firm’s related practice areas, including real estate and environmental law, corporate transactions, municipal law, legislative practice, and condemnation.

The zoning and land use practice includes representing clients in a wide variety of proceedings,including:

  • Subdivisions
  • Zoning changes
  • Use permits and special exceptions
  • Variance applications
  • Landmark Proceedings
  • Condemnation proceedings
  • Economic development
  • Development rights transfers

Our zoning and land use clients include Fortune 500 companies, well-known national and regional businesses, real estate developers, government agencies and individual property owners. The firm represents many local and national owners of franchise businesses, as well as major national, regional and local retailers and businesses. The firm also represents not-for-profit organizations, health care systems, and religious institutions.

The firm’s attorneys appear regularly before county, town and village planning commissions and boards, zoning boards of appeal and other municipal agencies that have jurisdiction throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties regarding land use matters.