New York Area Projects
Battery Park City Authority
The Firm represented the New York State Urban Development Corporation (now the Empire State Development Corporation) with respect to the Section 404 and Section 10 permitting for the original development of Battery Park City and related construction, including Stuyvesant High School and a number of marinas. SPR has subsequently served as environmental counsel to the…
US Tennis Association
SPR represented the United States Tennis Association in conjunction with the construction of the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens. The Firm advised with regard to the environmental impact review and environmental permitting, and dealt with numerous complex issues including alienation of parkland, approvals for highway improvements and impacts from the location…
Next Millennium, et al. v. Adchem Corporation, et al.
SPR successfully represented defendant Adchem Corporation in a multi-party litigation involving years of discovery and motion practice. Although this case arose under CERCLA and New York negligence law, its resolution in favor of our client turned on claims that involved corporate veil piercing, general releases of liability obligations of commercial tenants, and when a dissolved…
Lincoln Center
SPR served as environmental counsel in connection with modernization and rehabilitation of David Geffen Hall and other potential changes with the Lincoln Center complex. SPR also advised on permitting and historic preservation issues.
American Museum of Natural History
SPR is representing the American Museum of Natural History with respect to the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation, a five-story, approximately 190,000-gross-square-foot addition to the Museum. The Gilder Center will include new exhibition and learning spaces with state-of-the-art technology, modernized classrooms, and other Museum improvements. The Firm advised the Museum during the…
Port Authority Bus Terminal
SPR is special environmental counsel the Port Authority of NY & NJ with regard to the environmental impact review under NEPA of the potential replacement of the existing bus terminal in Times Square.
