Yonkers Office

The city of Yonkers, the fourth largest city in New York state, is undergoing a significant revitalization involving several urban redevelopment projects worth a combined $4.5 billion dollars. It is considered one of the largest revitalization efforts ever to be undertaken within the New York metropolitan area.

For the last several years, Harris Beach has been integrally involved with this revitalization. The firm's Yonkers office is a center for its public finance and economic development practice in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. Our Yonkers office serves as a convenient location for meetings between our attorneys throughout the state and the municipal leaders and commercial developers engaged in the Yonkers revitalization program.

Additionally, the office provides clients in Westchester and nearby counties access to the firm's full range of legal services.

Harris Beach provides counsel to the City of Yonkers Industrial Development Agency relative to the city's revitalization and advises on the use of Empire Zone, Empowerment Zone, and Brownfield Cleanup Program requirements. The work includes coordinating projects with the master plan, urban renewal plans, the local waterfront redevelopment plan, compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and project- specific needs. Projects include Phase I and II of the Collins waterfront housing projects for $170 million; FC Ratner development of Ridge Hill into an $800 million village-theme retail and housing development; and the Struever Fidelco Cappelli downtown development involving over $3 billion in new retail and commercial projects. These developments involve IDA benefits, Empowerment Zone benefits, Empire Zone, SEQRA, and land-use issues; Department of Transportation (DOT) coordination; and New Market Tax Credits; as well as pursuit and monitoring of project-specific state and federal funding.