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Zoning Schmoning – we can get around that!

Zoning – Schomning!  That’s what a lot of developers and buyers with deep pockets are saying these days…. In a world increasingly divided between the have mores and the have nots, and municipalities struggling to make ends meet – those with deep pockets feel that minor incidentals such as “zoning” and a “city planning”  are small obstacles to be pushed aside with relative ease.   All they have to do is purchase a property – zoning not withstanding – plant their flag and impose their “vision” for the future of the land on the community.
Zoning – Who cares? We’ll just threaten litigation if the city refuses us. Declining Property Values? Change is inevitable -  so if a few people get “hurt” in the name of progress – that’s life. City Planning? – We bought the land – the city will just have to change its “plans!”  
FASNY – The French American School of New York is a case in point…. For those who don’t know the story – FASNY bought the Ridgeway Golf Club in late 2010 with the intention of putting a large campus on the grounds.  There were several problems with this plan, which doubtless the ... more

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