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    City’s Failure to Preserve Deed Restrictions on the Rivington House Explored [City Council Passes Tougher Oversight]

    Government Operations and Oversight  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan
    The Rivington House. Image credit: edenpictures/Flickr

    The Rivington House. Image credit: edenpictures/Flickr

    UPDATE: On December 6, 2016, the New York City Council voted 42-0 to approve Introduction 1182-2016 which requires the Department for Citywide Administrative Services to conduct an extensive review of a request to remove a deed restriction on a property managed by DCAS, including a public hearing, to determine whether the request removal furthers the best interests of the City.

    The legislation is a response the controversial sale of the Rivington House to a luxury condo developer after DCAS removed deed restrictions that prevented such a development. “The City Council can assure that this will never happen again to any other community,” said the bill’s sponsor Manhattan Council Member Margaret Chin.

    The bill will now go to the Mayor for his signature. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Member Rory Lancman, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Department of Investigation, East Village/Lower East Side, First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, Mayor's Office of Contract Services, New York City Law Department, Rivington House, Zachary Carter
    Date:12/07/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Complete Video of the 20th Anniversary CityLaw Breakfast with Zachary Carter, Michael Cardozo, and Paul Crotty

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School
    (l. to r.) Fritz Schwarz, Michael Cardozo, Zachary Carter, and Paul Crotty discuss challenges during their tenure as New York City Corporation Counsel. Image credit: CityLand

    (l. to r.) Fritz Schwarz, Michael Cardozo, Zachary Carter, and Paul Crotty discuss challenges during their tenure as New York City Corporation Counsel. Image credit: CityLand

    On Friday, May 1, 2015, the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School hosted the 125th City Law Breakfast, celebrating the Center for New York City Law’s 20th Anniversary.  The speakers were Zachary Carter, Corporation Counsel of New York, Michael A. Cardozo, a partner at Proskauer Rose and Corporation Counsel from 2002 to 2013, and the Honorable Paul A. Crotty, a federal judge for the Southern District of New York and Corporation Counsel from 1994 to 1997.

    (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw Breakfast, Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Michael A. Cardozo, New York City Law Department, Zachary Carter
    Date:05/01/2015
    Category : The Center for New York City Law
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    Center for NYC Law Breakfast: 20th Anniversary Celebration

    New York City Law Breakfast

     

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    The Center for New York City Law cordially invites you to celebrate the Center’s 20th Anniversary at the 125th City Law Breakfast

    presenting

    Zachary Carter, Michael A. Cardozo, and the Honorable Paul A. Crotty

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    Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Partner at Proskauer Rose, and U.S. District Judge

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    SPECIAL RECOGNITION:

    On our twentieth anniversary, the Center offers special recognition for:

    Jeffrey Friedlander, First Assistant Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel

    Mary McCormick, President, Fund for the City of New York

    Sheila Aresty ’94, Steven and Sheila Aresty Foundation

    Stanley S. Shuman, Allen & Co., LLC, Chair, Center for New York City Law Advisory Committee

    (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw Breakfast, Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Michael A. Cardozo, New York City Law Department, Zachary Carter
    Date:04/29/2015
    Category : The Center for New York City Law
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    Complete Video from CityLaw Breakfast with Zachary Carter

    Zachary Carter  •  New York Law School
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    Anthony Crowell, Dean and President of New York Law School, Zachary Carter, Corporate Counsel of NYC, and Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for NYC Law.

    On Friday, April 11, 2014, the Center for New York City Law, at New York Law School hosted a City Law Breakfast, featuring Zachary Carter, Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, as the guest speaker. Mr. Carter’s speech was entitled, “The Law Department-Future Plans.” (read more…)

    Tags : City Law Department, CityLaw Breakfast, Zachary Carter
    Date:04/14/2014
    Category : New York City Law Breakfast
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    Three Days Away! CityLaw Breakfast with Zachary Carter, Corporation Counsel for City of New York

    Zachary Carter  •  New York Law School

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    The Center for New York City Law,
    Dean Anthony W. Crowell &
    Professor Ross Sandler

    cordially invites you to a City Law Breakfast presenting

    Zachary Carter

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    Corporation Counsel for the City of New York

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    The Law Department – Future Plans

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    DATE:
    Friday, April 11, 2014

    ✱✱✱ (read more…)

    Tags : City Law Department, CityLaw Breakfast, Zachary Carter
    Date:04/08/2014
    Category : New York City Law Breakfast
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