New York Area Projects

SPR is special environmental counsel to the Port Authority of NY & NJ with regard to the environmental impact review under NEPA of a proposed AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport.

SPR advised the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey with respect to the preparation of the EIS issued by the Federal Aviation Administration for the construction of the JFK Airtrain, which runs from Jamaica, Queens (where it connects with the LIRR and NYC Subway) to the main terminals at JFK Airport.

SPR represented the Georgetown Company, the developer of IAC Corporation’s new corporate headquarters building, the first New York City building designed by Frank Gehry, which was built on a portion of the former 18th Street Gas Works.  The Firm negotiated a Voluntary Cleanup Agreement with NYSDEC, and subsequently assisted Georgetown in becoming one of the…

SPR represented the Queens West Development Corporation (QWDC) in connection with New York’s largest mixed-use, public-private development, occupying 72 acres on the East River in Hunters Point, Queens. The Firm oversaw the environmental impact review, which it also successfully defended in litigation, and obtained permits from NYSDEC and the US Army Corps of Engineers. SPR…

The Firm serves as environmental and litigation counsel to ESD, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation with respect to development projects adjacent to Piers 1 and 6 of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, which generate critical funding for the operation and maintenance of the Park.  These developments include a hotel,…

SPR represented the Hudson Yards Development Corporation and the City of New York in the preparation of an environmental impact statement for the redevelopment of the Long Island Rail Road’s Caemmerer West Side Storage Yard as a 6-million square foot mixed-use project.