Development agreements play a critical role in memorializing partnerships between local governments and private partners on public-private projects. Here are some tips for creating better public-private development...more
In the Matter of Giora Neeman v Town of Warwick, __AD3d__, 2020 NY Slip Op 03112, the Second Department recently declared that a development agreement entered into between the respondent/defendant Black Bear Family...more
California law does not allow local legislative bodies to pass statutory development agreements by initiative. In Center for Community Action & Environmental Justice v. City of Moreno Valley, decided late last month by a...more
The Maryland General Assembly is currently considering House Bill 1390 (“HB1390”). As introduced, HB 1390 will materially impact the utility of the Development Rights and Responsibility Agreement (“DRRA”) for land owners,...more
Due process rights to notice and a public hearing for those who may be affected do not apply to a public agency’s consideration of approval of a development agreement, an appellate court has ruled. In addition, the First...more