Grather Interviewed Regarding Highway Condemnation Case
McKirdy & Riskin’s Joe Grather was recently interviewed regarding a partial taking of property owned by our firm’s clients in Passaic County by the NJ Department of Transportation in connection with a highway improvement project along Route 46. As indicated in the article in NorthJersey.com, the project will result in the loss of a Clifton family’s pool, rear yard and landscaping and other improvements as the widened highway will move closer to their home. The case is now pending before the valuation panel of commissioners appointed by the court, and may ultimately end up before a Passaic County jury if the matter is not resolved before returning to the Superior Court.
More information on the matter is available here.
At its Annual Meeting this fall in Charlotte, NC, McKirdy & Riskin’s Tony DellaPelle was elected to the Board of Directors of the Counselors of Real Estate®, a professional organization comprised of leading real estate advisors from around the world who provide intelligent, unbiased, and trusted advice for a client or employer. Membership in the organization is awarded by invitation only through peer, employer and client review, and consists of approximately 1,100 members, of which about 50 are practicing attorneys. DellaPelle joins approximately 30 other members on the Counselors’ Board of Directors, and also currently serves as the Co-Chair of its Education Committee, which received the Chair’s Award for Collaborative Service in 2015, and is Vice-Chair of the New Jersey chapter of the organization.
M&R’s Tony DellaPelle will be speaking at two upcoming continuing education programs this month. On July 23, he will participate in a webinar being presented by the Counselors of Real Estate, entitled “Kelo v. New London: The Grasping Hand and Its Legacy”. This webinar is being presented in connection with Owners Counsel of America. More information about the webinar is available here
M&R’s Tom Olson will be speaking at the NJ New Jersey State Bar Association (https://www.facebook.com/NJStateBarAssociation) annual meeting in Atlantic City next month in a panel on “Advanced Topics and Ethical Considerations for Property Tax Appeals”. For more info visit the Bar Convention schedule here.
McKirdy & Riskin’s Tom Olson and Richard DeAngelis will once again be presenting an annual seminar for the Morris County Bar Association entitled: “How to Successfully Handle Real Property Tax Appeals” at the Morris County Courthouse on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Joining Tom and Rich will be real estate appraiser, Matt Krauser, CRE from Integra Realty Resources. Non-members of the County Bar Association are welcomed to attend. For more information, click here.
McKirdy & Riskin’s Jack Buonocore was recently interviewed regarding the litigation filed for a commercial property owner in Point Pleasant Beach, which challenges the authority of the NJDEP to acquire public beach easements on its property. The article by MaryAnn Spoto of NJ.com is available here. The television interview on News12NJ on this story is available here
McKirdy & Riskin’s Tony DellaPelle recently authored a legal update article in the Counselors of Real Estate’s Real Estate Issues magazine. The article, entitled “Property ‘Inspection’ or Taking?” discusses a pending case before California’s highest court, which will examine the rights of condemning agencies to enter privately-owned properties targeted for condemnations in order to perform pre-acquisition inspections. A copy of the article is available here.
McKirdy & Riskin’s Tony DellaPelle was interviewed and quoted in this recent article in the Bergen Record, which discussed the backlog of property tax cases currently pending in New Jersey, and the possibility that such backlog may be getting smaller. More information is available here
McKirdy & Riskin’s Jack Buonocore was recently interviewed regarding the efforts of Long Beach Township to obtain access easements on private property. As mentioned, the lawsuit alleges that the township targeted the plaintiffs’ property because they refused to sign separate easement documents permitting the government to take part of their property and use it for the construction of a new sand dune. More information about this matter is available here.
McKirdy & Riskin’s Jack Buonocore was recently interviewed and quoted in an article regarding the efforts of Long Beach Township to acquire beach access easements on private property on Long Beach Island for use in connection with the upcoming beach replenishment project being undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For more information, the article is available here
