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Oct 23, 2024 | 
friedfrank.com | Michael Barker |Geoffrey Berman |Zachary Bernstein |Emilie Cooper |Steven Epstein |Tal J. Golomb | +23 more
Skip to main content Accolades | October 23, 2024 Fried Frank is proud to congratulate the following attorneys who were recognized by Lawdragon as Leading Dealmakers in America, Leading Litigators in America and Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers. 500 Leading Dealmakers in America Steven Epstein: M&A, Corporate Governance, FinancePhilip Richter: Corporate, M&ARay I.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
altaonline.com | Zachary Bernstein
As a teenager commuting by foot to his volunteer job in Muir Woods, Michael Toivonen didn’t know he was walking right past Druid Heights—the neighborhood of artists and thinkers that would one day absorb his life. In fact, Toivonen, now 65, didn’t know what to make of the rows of mailboxes in the middle of the forest: “I thought, Huh, that’s weird. What’s down there?”This essay was adapted from the Alta Weekly Newsletter, delivered every Thursday.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
friedfrank.com | Zachary Bernstein
Author: Zachary Bernstein (New York)On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, the New York City Planning Commission voted to approve zoning text amendments associated with the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Zachary Bernstein
On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, the New York City Planning Commission voted to approve zoning text amendments associated with the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal. As discussed in our prior client memorandum, the City’s initiative aims to increase housing development through zoning updates, including increased FARs for mixed-income development, the introduction of new higher density residential districts, and more flexible rules for office-to-residential conversions.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
friedfrank.com | Zachary Bernstein
Alerts and newsletters | August 3, 2023 Author: Zachary BernsteinThe New York City Council this week passed legislation to establish a permanent Open Restaurants program to supersede the pandemic-era emergency regulations under which many outdoor dining establishments have been operating.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Zachary Bernstein
The New York City Council this week passed legislation to establish a permanent Open Restaurants program to supersede the pandemic-era emergency regulations under which many outdoor dining establishments have been operating. The legislation is the culmination of efforts to establish a streamlined and uniform set of standards responsive to concerns of the restaurant industry and the neighborhoods in which outdoor dining is located.
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Apr 26, 2023 | 
newthinking.com | Melissa Woodley |Zachary Bernstein |Danielle Solzman |Christina Cipriano
If asked about the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word Tourette’s, would it be fair to suggest that a majority of you would conjure up the image of someone swearing? And associate it with the phrase “the swearing tic”? Trust me. If I had a penny for every time I have seen or heard someone make a joke about Tourette’s and the swearing part of it, I would be very, very rich. However, this is not a fair and accurate representation of people with Tourette’s or tic disorders.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
newthinking.com | Daniel Kelly II |Zachary Bernstein |Mark Conrad
Nothing can prepare you for an unexpected death in the family. Life is already unpredictable enough that it doesn’t need a tragedy to teach us that. Yet the sudden passing of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020, sent shockwaves not only through the basketball community, but the world as a whole. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the news of Kobe’s death.
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Feb 10, 2023 | 
newthinking.com | Zachary Bernstein |Lorna Russell |Husayn Kassai |David Mansfield
At the time of this article’s publishing, we likely have already passed peak George Santos. Or, at least, I hope we have.
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Jan 20, 2023 | 
newthinking.com | Samantha Meredith |Zachary Bernstein |Randy Greenberg |Nish Veer
We live in an instant world. We can binge a whole series on Netflix in one day, receive same-day deliveries from Amazon, and order any food we want to our door with one click of a button. Long gone are the days we would wait eagerly week by week for the next fix of our favorite TV show, or savor a trip to the shops to get something we desperately wanted from afar.
