Land Use & Zoning

Weiss & Hiller, PC
New York Metropolitan Area Land Use & Zoning Attorneys

Weiss & Hiller, PC is geared to aggressively represent community organizations and business groups throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and throughout the New York metropolitan area in disputes with developers, institutions and municipal and state agencies over land use and zoning issues, including:

• Variances, special permits, or other approvals that deviate from permitted zoning restrictions and uses
• Rezoning and land use review
• Challenges under State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) and Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP)
• Challenges before the Landmark Preservation Commission and the Department of Parks
• Disputes with public corporations including the Empire State Development Corporation and Transit Authority
• Loft law cases, including regulatory compliance, loft sales and coverage cases.
• Construction law cases involving disputes between developers and community groups

Weiss & Hiller, PC is one of a handful of New York City law firms that represents community and business groups in land use and zoning disputes against large institutions, developers, and municipal and state agencies. Our Manhattan land use and zoning lawyers have a track record of successful results, including:

• Stopping a $100 million dollar condominium development project (Red Hook/Gowanus Chamber of Commerce v. Board of Standards and Appeals) 
• Preserving green space in Central Park and the world-famous Fifth Avenue Fountains in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reducing its expansion from 320,000 to 40,000 square feet (Metropolitan Museum Historical District Coalition v. City of New York) 

Most recently, we won a landmark decision before the Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, making it easier for community groups to challenge out of control development.

Contact the Manhattan land use and zoning attorneys of Weiss & Hiller, PC.

Weiss & Hiller, PC
600 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Toll Free: (888) 402-0668
Phone: (212) 319-4000
Fax: (212) 753-4530

Weiss & Hiller, PC serves individuals, community groups, and businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area, including New York City, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island, and in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, and Kings counties. We also handle cases in New Jersey and Connecticut.