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New York Law Journal

Judge Stops Much of NYU's Campus Expansion Plan

A Manhattan judge has halted most of New York University's sweeping expansion plan, finding that NYU needs approval from the state Legislature to build on public park land.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: Affordable Housing Still Needed

By | January 08, 2014
The lack of affordable housing has been and continues to be a problem for everyone in Connecticut. As a first step toward a remedy, in 1988 the General Assembly enacted Connecticut General Statutes §8-30g to promote opportunities for the construction of more affordable housing in the state.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Nace v. New Cumberland Zoning Hrg. Bd., PICS Case No. 13-3311 (C.P. Cumberland Oct. 15, 2013) Peck, J. (10 pages).

By | January 07, 2014
Permits • Revocation • Vested Right Doctrine • Substantial & Unrecoverable Expenses • Garage to Apartment • Conversion
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Appeal of Rick & Lorie Miller, PICS Case No. 13-3298 (Pa. Commw. Dec. 9, 2013) Leavitt, J. (7 pages).

By | January 07, 2014
Building Permit • Barn Construction • Uniform Construction Code • Construction Code Act • Agricultural Building • Permitting Requirement Exemption
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

City Blocked in Bid to Operate Compost Facility in Local Park

New York City cannot operate a 20-acre composting facility in Brooklyn's Spring Creek park unless it can get approval to do so from the state Legislature, a Brooklyn state judge has ruled.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

T-Mobile Sues DeKalb Again Over Cell Towers on School Land

Wireless communications firm T-Mobile South has sued DeKalb County a second time in its continuing efforts to erect cellphone towers on public school properties
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Town's Pact with Wind Turbines Company Stands, Panel Says

An upstate municipality that had no laws, codes or requirements governing the installation of wind turbine facilities until after a new town board imposed a moratorium cannot retroactively preclude their construction, a Fourth Department panel has held.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Yale, Iconic Nightclub Lock Horns In Court

Yale University has produced Nobel Prize winners, Supreme Court justices and presidents. Nearby, a nightclub called Toad's Place has landed musical legends such as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Count Basie and U2.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ness v. York Twp. Bd. of Comm'rs, PICS Case No. 13-3292 (Pa. Commw. Dec. 4, 2013) Simpson, J.; McCullough, J., dissenting (25 pages).

By | December 24, 2013
Zoning Ordinance & SALDO • MPC • Procedural Defects • Post-Enactment Notice • Due Process • Second Advertisement
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

PPM Atlantic Renewable v. Fayette Cnty. Zoning Hrg. Bd., PICS Case No. 13-3334 (Pa. Dec. 16, 2013) Saylor, J.; Eakin, J., dissenting (14 pages).

By | December 24, 2013
Special Exceptions & Variances • Objector • Order to Post Bond • Condition of Appeal • Legal Nullity • Windmill Turbines
4 minute read

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