Steven
Barshov
Principal

Steven
Barshov
Principal
Steven’s areas of specialization include land use law, environmental law, local government law, real estate, as well as related litigation. Having represented numerous developers, businesses, municipalities, and community organizations in more than 30 years of practice, Steven has handled projects of all sizes — from a large master planned community of 1195 units with a commercial center, to a small 3-unit subdivision, both inside and outside New York City. Steven has litigated in the United States Supreme Court; in federal courts in the Second, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; and at the New York Court of Appeals, Appellate Divisions, and trial courts in multiple counties. Steven has been qualified as a land use law expert witness in Supreme Court, Nassau County. Steven brings to any project a wide range of skills, including drafting complex real estate transactional documents, obtaining land use and related project approvals, undertaking required environmental analysis, and culminating in litigation, when necessary. Steven has written and lectured extensively in his areas of expertise. He is an adjunct Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School where he has taught Land Use Law, State and Local Government Law, and Real Estate Practice.
Javits Center
Sive, Paget & Riesel reprised its role as environmental counsel in connection with the environmental review of the original Javits Convention Center, representing the Javits Center again in connection with its proposed expansion.
Northern Westchester Hospital
Sive, Paget & Riesel represented Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York, in obtaining rezoning and site plan approvals for its proposed expansion of the hospital and construction of a 57,000 square foot medical office building. The firm is coordinating the preparation of the scope and other supporting documents for the project's SEQRA review, and working with the involved agencies to obtain other required approvals. This includes the acceptance of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which has oversight authority because of the project's location in the City's Croton Water Supply System watershed.
Tuxedo Reserve
“Conference on the Public Trust Doctrine”
For: Albany Law School
“Short Course on Zoning”
For: Westchester County Planning Federation
“Land Use Law and Real Estate Practice”
For: Brooklyn Law School, Adjunct Professor
“How Yonkers Home Rule Case Applies to Yankee Stadium Ballot Challenge”
For: New York Law Journal, pg. 1
“When Does Government Regulation Go “Too Far”?,” co-author
For: VI Fordham Env. Law J. 565
“Unraveling the Bundle of Rights in Takings Jurisprudence,” co-author
For: New York Law Journal
“The New Nexus in the Regulatory Taking Arena,” co-author
For: New York Law Journal, pg. 1
“Local Government Redistricting in New York: Where Does the Power Repose?,” co-author
For: 57 Bklyn. L.R. 1049
“Municipal Election Districts – Legal Issues and Authority, Municipal Regulation of Public Soliciting, and Model Municipal Procurement Regulations”
For: New Mexico Municipal League
Zoning and SEQRA Challenges to Large Scale Development Project Dismissed for Lack of Standing

Court Denies Motion to Dismiss $100 Million Lawsuit Against Southampton
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1980, Order of the Barrister Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy; Member A.B.A. National Appellate Advocacy Competition; American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure
Hunter College, City University of New York, 51 credits toward Masters in Urban Planning, Scholarship Award for Outstanding Graduate Students
Colgate University, B.A., 1974, Regent’s Scholarship
New Mexico, 1981
New York, 1983
Tenth Circuit and N.M. District Court, 1984
U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
Southern & Eastern Districts of New York, 1993
Fifth Circuit, 1999
Third Circuit, 2003
Second Circuit, 2005
American Bar Association member
New York Bar Association member
New Mexico Bar Association member
Association of the Bar of the City of New York member (prior member of Land Use Committee)
New York County Lawyers Association
Zoning Advisory Council