• Municipal regulation of land development, including zoning, subdivisions and site plan approvals, special permits, zoning variances, and related proceedings under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and National Environmental Policy Act
  • Industrial development agency financing
  • Municipal finance, including budgetary problems, borrowing through issuance of bonds or notes, lease-purchase agreements, or other types of debt instruments and the expenditure or investment of municipal funds
  • Preparation of, and operation and financing of activities under, inter-municipal agreements for the provision of joint services
  • Local government contracts generally, including such matters as competitive bidding requirements, state and federal requirements relating to public works contractors, and conflicts of interest in municipal contracts
  • Preparation of local government charters, local laws and codes of ethics and problems arising from their application
  • Municipal annexation proceedings
  • Local government eminent domain proceedings
  • Local government employer-employee relations, including employment discrimination cases
  • Litigation on behalf of or against local governments

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