The Legal Outlook for 2023 For many people, 2022 yielded a new “normal.” While dreaded pandemic lock downs fortunately did not recur, many businesses grappled […] Read more
North Castle Adopts New Cell Tower Law On November 17, 2021, the Town of North Castle in Westchester County, New York adopted a new local law governing […] Read more
How to Access NYS Executive Orders and ESDC Guidance As the coronavirus situation rapidly evolves, it is important for businesses to keep abreast of the changing legal landscape. Here […] Read more
Top Ten Reasons to Call Keith R. Betensky, Esq. During the Coronavirus Pandemic Many New Yorkers are sheltering in place and working from home where feasible with the hope that the coronavirus will […] Read more
Bedford Adopts New Cell Tower Law On December 14, 2018 the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bedford, New York, Westchester County, adopted a new […] Read more
Federal Court Orders Town to Approve Cell Tower On November 10, 2015 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision ordering […] Read more
The Environmental Indemnity Clause: Shifting the Burden of Environmental Cleanup Costs in Commercial Contracts in New York Commercial property owners in New York may be held strictly liable (i.e. regardless of fault) for soil and groundwater contamination […] Read more
FCC APPROVES AT&T’s 49 BILLION DOLLAR ACQUISITION OF DIRECTV On July 24, 2015 the United States Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) granted its conditional approval of the transfer of control […] Read more
Court Orders Town of Fishkill to Allow Cell Tower In Orange County-Poughkeepsie Limited Partnership v. Town of Fishkill, 2015 WL 409260 (SDNY 1/30/2015), the Court ordered the Zoning Board […] Read more
Court Affirms Town of Kent’s Decision that a Cell Tower on Town Land is Immune from the Zoning Process In Bruenn v. Town Bd. of Town of Kent, 44 Misc.3d 1214(A) (2014), the Supreme Court, Putnam County, affirmed the […] Read more