Vivien Krieger

New York Land Use and Zoning

Vivien Krieger is a real estate attorney with a focus on land use and zoning matters in New York City. She represents a wide range of clients, including developers, lenders, property owners, buyers, and nonprofit organizations.

Vivien frequently drafts applications and represents clients before a variety of city and state agencies, as well as public benefit corporations, including the NYC City Planning Commission, NYC Board of Standards and Appeals, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYS Department of Transportation, NYS Office of General Services, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of NY and NJ, and Empire State Development Corporation. Additionally, Vivien presents projects to community boards and elected officials, collaborating closely with architects, engineers, financial advisors, and environmental consultants.

Vivien has significant experience drafting and negotiating zoning lot development agreements, easement agreements, restrictive declarations, zoning opinions and letters, site development potential analyses, zoning resolution determination requests, and zoning challenges. She has also handled litigation in complex real estate cases involving land use issues.

An active participant in the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Vivien contributes as a member of the Awards for Excellence in Development Committee and the Technical Assistance Panels Steering Committee. She is also involved with the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee of the New York City Bar Association, is a fellow of the Urban Design Forum, is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York’s Zoning and Design Committee, and serves on the Board of Directors of Plus Pool.