Development And Land Use

Tuxedo Reserve

Location: Tuxedo, NY | Date:2011

SPR served as environmental counsel to the Related Companies in connection with the Tuxedo Reserve project, a planned residential and mixed-use project on 2,374 acres, primarily in the Town of Tuxedo in Orange County, New York. SPR provided legal advice in connection with the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement and Supplemental Environmental Impact...

Stockbridge-Munsee Community and Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin

Location: Shawano County, Wisconsin | Date:2011

The firm represented the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin in litigation against the U.S. Department of the Interior challenging the denial of an application to place land into trust for a casino. The government reversed its denial of the application.

Development And Land Use

Environmental Impact Review/Permitting

Columbia University Manhattanville Expansion

Location: New York, NY | Date:2010

SPR represented the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), an involved agency in the environmental review of the rezoning of a 35-acre portion of Manhattanville in West Harlem, a rezoning which facilitated Columbia University’s proposed expansion on 17 of the 35 acres. The Columbia University development created a new 6.8 million square foot graduate campus...

Development And Land Use

Riverside South

Location: New York, NY | Date:2010

SPR was lead environmental counsel for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Riverside South project, a General Large-Scale Development located along Manhattan’s West Side between West 59th Street and West 72nd Street. This project, developed by Donald Trump, was approved by the City of New York in 1992. Since that time, SPR has...

Development And Land Use

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

Location: Queens, NY | Date:2010

Sive, Paget & Riesel has represented the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a private entity that acts to foster and facilitate development in Jamaica. The firm advised the Corporation in terms of environmental permitting and approvals necessary for its proposed redevelopment projects.

Litigation

New Hope Power Company

Location: South Bay, Florida | Date:2010

The firm represented the Company and won summary judgment in the Southern District of Florida, which enjoined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from applying rules pertaining to its regulatory jurisdiction over certain former wetlands.  The Court held that the Corps, by relying only on its own internal memoranda, had failed to properly promulgate...

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