Speaking Engagements by Rick Landman, Esq., AICP

LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD LEARN WHAT DEVELOPERS AND MAJOR INSTITUTIONS KNOW ABOUT NEW YORK LAND USE LAW
Very often Community Boards, Community Groups, and Urban Planners think that ULURP and major development projects are decided by pure politics or greed or corruption. What they do not seem to know is that comprehensive planning and land use law are what determines the outcome.

TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THIS TALK Chairs of Community Board Planning Committees Community Board Members Block Associations Community Groups Civic Groups Thanks to community resistance, this approved conceptual Urban Renewal Plan for Greenwich Village was never fully implemented. Notice the Washington Square Arch surrounded by superblocks full of apartment houses. Only one phase was completed, namely the site currently owned by NYU. This is the Equitable Building at 120 Broadway, the root of all of America's Zoning Resolutions. "PROFESSOR WHO MAKES HOUSECALLS" PROGRAM
An Introductory Class on ULURP, Landmarking and Zoning to answer the following concerns. This group wanted to increase their understanding height and bulk, variances (and the idea of being entitled to a rate of return), air rights transfers. The first thing I will discuss is the overall need to understand land use regulations, so that the ruling does not become an unconstitutional taking. As the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." They wanted to see through the eyes of a real estate developer, to walk in his/her shoes. What can be developed and where? How high one go? What zoning/variance/air right transfer games can increase height? What is the "contextual" game? Can one amass a few buildings and knock them down and do a tower? Can one avoid environmental review?
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF OTHER TOPICS THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR YOUR GROUP.
LAW & URBAN PLANNING & REAL ESTATE
History of Eminent Domain History of NYC's Urban Renewal Projects History of the Origin of Zoning Basics of NYC Zoning Basics of NYC Landmarking NYC'S ULURP PROCESS (Land-use procedure) NYC'S CEQR Environmental Procedures Community Benefit Agreements Exclusionary and inclusionary zoning - NIMBYism Community Boards NYC's In-rem Program of the 1970-1980's Environmental Sustainability Landlord-Tenant Law Adult Use Zoning Law The history of how and why Zoning was created in America (Use and Bulk) The need for set-backs and sky exposures planes Transfer of Development Rights (Air Rights) Zoning Bonuses such as for Open Space Plazas, or Subway connections, etc. Floor Area Ratios (FAR) ULURP or due process for land use projects Real Estate Development cycles and in-rem process of tax foreclosures Grandfathered non-conforming uses and non-complying bulks
Many lectures can also be converted into "Walking Tours".
This group was a Chinese delegation hosted by the American Planning Association (APA) who wanted a tour and lecture on Sustainability and the history of Land Use in New York City. (October 2010)

SAMPLE PAST SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS
& LECTURES

New York University
New York Law School
St. John's University
Community Board #1 Manhattan
School of Architecture-Hochschule Bremen
American Planning Association
National Public Radio

BIO OF SPEAKER/LECTURER

Rick Landman

Richard Landman is an Attorney Emeritus, Planner, and Professor.

He has 3 Masters Degrees and a J.D. and over 30 years of experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.

You can now learn about land use law and real estate development from the:

Former Executive Director of Real Estate Development for the City of New York

Former Director of Real Estate Development for NYU

Former VP of a Construction Company

AICP Certified Planner (1978-2013)

Land-Use Law Professor at both NYU and New York Law School

Former Chair of Manhattan's Community Board #1's Planning Committee, Landmarks Committee, and Tribeca Committee.

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SAMPLE OF SOME PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
January 13, 2011
New York University Law School
LGBT Rights Clinic - L02.2579.001
"Overview of the LeGal Walk-In Clinic”
New York University Law School, 245 Sullivan Street, Room 604.
Workshop III: Thursday 2:30 – 4:30 pm.
Richard M. Landman, Esq. AICP.

October 28-29, 2010
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of NYS, Inc.
22nd Annual Affordable Housing Conference.
“Revitalization: Building New York’s Future”
New York Law School, NY.
Workshop III: Thursday 2:20 – 3:50 pm.
NIMBYism: The Implications of Prejudice in Our Backyard
CLE credit available
Moderator: Richard M. Landman, Esq. AICP.

NYLS Master Class

Thursday, October 24, 2013
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
New York Law School
Center for Real Estate Studies
Masters Class
PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES

The City's former Executive Director of Real Estate Development
Will Discuss the Various Programs in Housing Court and Basic Skills Required to Practice at the Volunary Programs.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
New York Law School
Center for Real Estate Studies
Masters Class
NYC's Real Estate Crisis of the 1970's-1980's...
SHOULD THE CITY COMPETE WITH PRIVATE REAL ESTATE COMPANIES FOR PROFITS?
The City's former Executive Director of Real Estate Development
Will Discuss the Landbanking of dormant Urban Renewal Sites
and the Sale of In-Rem Properties.
Click Here to see the Outline for this Lecture

Auction Book

Copy of one of the City's Real Estate Auction Brochures
Several times a year the City sold non-residential properties to the highest bidder.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Topic: HOW DID DONALD TRUMP BUILD A 42-45 STORY CONDO-HOTEL IN SOHO?
New York Law School
Center for Real Estate Studies
Masters Class
12:50 pm to 1:50 pm
Room C200 at New York Law School on Worth Street, NYC.
Click Here to see the Outline for this Lecture

Wednesday, September 26, 2008
Topic: REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN TRIBECA- GENTRIFICATION OR DESTRUCTION?
New York Law School
Center for Real Estate Studies
Masters Class
12:50 pm to 1:50 pm
Room B100 at New York Law School on Worth Street, NYC.
Rick Landman, will discuss the history of Tribeca's development over the past 30 years, balancing the desires of the long term occupants (illegal tenants or "pioneers"), developers and new residents. The discussion will include the zoning implications of the Special TMU District and Landmarking, the New York Law School deed restriction, community board proposals and real estate cycles.

Rick Landman, Esq. AICP, was the Executive Director of Real Estate Development for the City under Mayor Koch and was the Director of Real Estate Development for NYU for almost 20 years. He is a long term member of Community Board #1 having served as chair of the Landmarks Committee, Tribeca Committee and 197-a Planning Committee. He is also an adjunct professor of NYU's Wagner Schools required Land Use Law class for their graduate planning students.