Partner, Jim Delia, is also Haiti bound this summer. From July 12th to July 19th, Jim will be leading a group of eight U.S. coaches to the annual YMCA d’Haiti soccer, and now, volley ball camp for over 200 young people from all over the country. Jim has led this effort for the last six […]
Tom Wells: Philanthropic Dedication to People of Haiti Senior Partner, Tom Wells, who last year accepted in the Board of Directors of National Board of the YMCA d’Haiti, attended a Board meeting this week. The board worked on 2014 plans including new YMCAs this year at Marchand Dessalines and Cap Hatien. Tom has more than […]
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING- THE DAYTON AND CHESTNUT VILLAGE IN RIDGEWOO COMING TO RIDGEWOOD For the last several years, Tom Wells and Andy Kohut of our office, have lead an effort to convince the Ridgewood Planning Board to amend the Village Master Plan and Zoning, to permit several new high density apartment projects downtown. Our clients, Garden […]
Latest Developments on the Crossroads Development in Mahwah Jim Jaworski, the attorney for Crossroads, concluded his presentation at the board’s December meeting. Following that meeting, the residents had a chance to voice their opinion on a hearing this past Monday night, January 27, 2014. The Planning Board voted 6-3 Monday night to approve Crossroads Developers Associates preliminary […]
Another Reason Why You Should Contact Your Tax Attorney If you thought it took too long to reach the IRS, be prepared to wait even longer. During 2013, the IRS only answered 61% of the calls its received from taxpayers, a steep drop from the 90% responsive rate in 2004. To add, the taxpayer advocate, […]
The construction of a 62,042-square-foot ShopRite cleared another hurdle earlier this month, as a Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Inserra Supermarkets and the Wyckoff Planning Board, upholding their arguments that a conflict of interest involving traffic expert Gary Dean did not exist. Jim Jaworski, partner here at Wells, Jaworski & Liebman, LLP as counsel for Inserra […]
Firm Announcement: We would like to welcome the newest addition to the firm, Daniel J. Granatell, Esq., aboard. Daniel joined WJL in December of 2013 and is an associate who is active in all facets including Corporate, Land Use, Real Estate, Tax, Trusts & Estates, and Litigation Departments. He graduated from Loyola University MD in […]
I just want to give a big THANK YOU and shout out to Zinburger of Paramus, NJ. They recently had their Grand Opening and raised $6,914.68 for the Paramus Education Foundation. Today they presented Paramus Superintendent of Schools, Kenneth Rota with the check and then treated us to lunch. On behalf of the Paramus Education […]
Who says land use law is boring??? The NY Times reports on Jan 8 that Kate Hepburn’s former home in Fenwick Conn. is the subject of heated land use litigation. Seems the current owner had the temerity to erect 2, twelve inch square granite posts at his driveway entrance w/ the address number engraved. These ‘egregious’ […]
Dunes protected several communities from catastrophic damage during Hurricane Sandy, while Long Beach, N.Y., which built no dunes, suffered $200 million in losses. http://tinyurl.com/c24jg8w.