Mintzer Mauch PLLC

Mintzer Mauch PLLC is a boutique law firm specializing in environmental, land use and real estate law. Drawing on extensive careers in "big" law with top New York City law firms and in high levels of New York State government, the firm's lawyers have been involved in the full range of environmental and land use matters in the context of both large and small real estate development projects, including environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and the New York City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR), environmental litigation, environmental permitting, environmental enforcement, environmental remediation including under the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program, and environmental aspects of complex real property and corporate transactions. The firm's attorneys' strong relationships with regulators, their counsel and consultants, give the firm's lawyers critical insights beneficial to the firm's clients. Because so much of the firm's environmental and land use work is related to real estate development, the firm's lawyers also have extensive real estate expertise, including purchases and sales, leasing and financing. In all practice areas, the firm's attorneys act as trusted advisers to clients, working cooperatively with the clients' internal and external teams and offering strategic and business-focused solutions to help the firm's clients achieve their goals.

Practice Areas

Environmental Law

Land Use Law (outside New York City)

Real Estate Law

Representative Matters

-The firm represents the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in connection with NYCHA's ambitious project, with a private developer partner, involving the long term lease of NYCHA property to allow for the redevelopment of 2,500 existing NYCHA residential units and the development of up to additional new 2,000 affordable and market rate units on two NYCHA campuses in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The firm advises on the environmental review associated with the redevelopment project under NEPA, SEQRA and CEQR.

-The firm represents a not-for-profit land trust subsidiary in connection with the planning, approvals and development of a $150 million 7.2-mile shoreline park extending from Beacon to Cold Spring, New York, which will be constructed on property owned by New York State, New York City and various municipalities. The firm's role includes negotiation of the real property interests needed to construct the park, various contracts with contractors for the project, and environmental review and permitting advice. The firm also provides zoning and land use advice and is pursuing entitlements in connection with the development of the office space for the not-for-profit and as well as a visitor center for park users.

-The firm represents EPR Properties, a publicly traded real estate investment trust. The firm's attorneys obtained discretionary land use approvals and environmental permits for and successfully defended EPR against a SEQRA challenge to EPR's $4 billion, 1,700-acre mixed-use project in Sullivan County including hotels, a casino, recreation areas, open space, a waterpark and a golf course, together with $100 million of new infrastructure. The firm's attorneys drafted and negotiated the project's master development agreement, master declaration of covenants, easements and restrictions, ground leases, and guarantees. The firm provides ongoing advice to EPR regarding the project's governing documents, resort operations and coordination with local officials. The firm also handles zoning matters at EPR's entertainment retail center in Westchester County, pursuing zoning code amendments to allow for new uses, and also advising on leasing and landlord/tenant issues.

-The firm provides ongoing environmental advice to GMD Shipyard, Inc., an active historic shipyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The firm negotiates the environmental provisions of the shipyard’s long-term lease of land, dry docks and piers from the City of New York. The firm regularly coordinate with GMD’s consultants to mitigate environmental risk arising from operations. The firm also advises the shipyard in connection with environmental compliance and environmental permitting, including under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and solid waste requirements.

Address

Mintzer Mauch PLLC

290 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017

212-380-6170