At her press conference held on December 10, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that effective Monday, December 13, 2021 masks will be required to be worn in all indoor public places, unless the business or venue implements a vaccine requirement. This mask requirement is for all individuals aged 2 and older. The mask requirement will be in effect until January 15, 2022, and may be…
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”) welcomes John P. Gordon to the firm’s Real Estate and IDA practice groups as an Associate. Prior to joining FDT, Mr. Gordon was Counsel at a law firm in Lake Success. Mr. Gordon, a Williston Park, NY resident, earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from College of the Holy Cross.
UPDATE: NY HERO ACT AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION PLANS ARE NOW IN EFFECT On July 12, 2021, the Labor & Employment Department sent out an alert advising that under the NY HERO Act, the New York State Department of Labor, in conjunction with the New York State Department of Health, issued a Model Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan and that such plans had to…
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”) welcomes Rachel L. Partain to the firm’s Tax, Trusts & Estates and Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups as a Partner. Ms. Partain advises high-net-worth individuals, corporations and partnerships in regard to complex federal and state tax matters. She concentrates in contested tax controversies. Prior to joining FDT, Ms. Partain was a Member of a national law firm known…
On May 5, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”). The NY HERO Act provides that the New York Department of Labor (“DOL”), in consultation with the New York Department of Health (“DOH”), will promulgate new Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard. It further provides that the DOL and DOH would publish a model Airborne Infectious Disease…
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”) is pleased to announce that Alexander Kerzhner has joined the firm’s Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice group as a Partner. In addition to his law degree, Alexander is a Certified Public Accountant. Alexander has extensive experience handling a wide variety of corporate and business transactions, including venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions and securities and debt…
As everyone “returns” to the office and opens up their new calendars, we wanted to advise you of some new changes that have occurred during the holiday break as the Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) was passed bringing in a new round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Loan. In addition, with the emergency sick leave and extended family medical leave benefits now expired, New York…
Peter L. Agovino, a former partner at Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”) in Uniondale, NY and former Co-Managing Partner of Agovino & Asselta, LLP, passed away on November 16, 2020. He was 74. Born in Sherbrooke, Canada on January 20, 1946, Peter grew up in Maspeth, Queens and moved to Franklin Square, NY before settling in his forever home in Rockville Centre, NY. During his…
Courts have long upheld the imposition of restrictive covenants as part of zoning approvals. As a result, boards routinely require applicants to record restrictive covenants as a condition of zoning approvals. Due to the fact that restrictive covenants are often drafted to “run with the land”, meaning the covenants automatically transfer with the property, zoning attorneys should be fully versed in drafting restrictive covenants as…
A property survey’s importance cannot be understated. Surveys show: Dimensions/description of the premises; location of buildings, fences and other improvements; relationship between the subject property and adjoining parcels, including encroachments by a neighboring property onto the subject property, and vice-a-versa; and provides discovery of facts that may not be of record, i.e. water courses, utility lines, easements, etc. It is “read into” and becomes part…