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Greetings!
Summer's arrival has not slowed down
the frenetic pace of our activity for our
clients. Sadly, the sagging economy
provides fertile ground for commercial
disputes as cash-flow challenges
escalate into contentious litigation. While
settlement is always our preference, our
clients are counting on us to vigorously
prosecute, to trial if necessary, the fruits
of sour commercial
relationships.
Real estate
development in the northern suburbs
remains a strong area of our practice, despite reports
of a softening market. In
this newsletter, you can read about the
strong progress of Suffern's Urban
Renewal Plan, to which we are special
counsel and the construction on a major Active Adult
housing development whose approval we secured.
We have also commenced
ten new site plan
applications since the start of the
year.
As always, please feel to contact
me on any
matter of interest. Best wishes for a
restful and relaxing summer.
Ryan S. Karben
| Karben Obtains TRO in Threatened Commercial Defamation |
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Ryan Karben,
Esq. obtained a temporary
restraining order (TRO) on behalf of a
construction company threatened with
commercial defamation by a disgruntled
former consultant.
The TRO,
awarded in Supreme Court, Rockland
County, prohibits the former consultant
from interfering with his former
customer's business. The consultant had
threatened, in coarse language, to
malign the company to current company
clients he had met through his contract
with the company.
Prior restraints on
defamatory speech, generally disfavored,
are sanctioned by the court when they
are "essential to the preservation of a
business or other property right[s]
threatened by tortious conduct in which
the words are merely an instrument of
and incidental to the conduct." Trojan
Elec. & Mach. Co., Inc. v. Heusinger, 162
A.D. 2d 859, 860 (3rd Dept. 1990).
Karben argued in the instant case that
the threatened defamation was part of
larger scheme to interfere with and
disrupt the company's business,
including tortiuous interference with
existing contracts.
The TRO was
granted. The underlying proceeding
remains pending.
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| Community Corner: Bonei Olam Fights Infertility |
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Bonei
Olam was founded by a group of
individuals who themselves experienced
the hardships of infertility and its mission
is to provide funding for all aspects of
fertility treatments, thus relieving couples
of the financial, emotional and physical
stress resulting from infertility.
Bonei Olam has developed a strong and
dedicated network of doctors and fertility
centers across the world, enabling them
to offer unsurpassed medical and
financial assistance to all
applicants.
On June 30th, Bonei
Olam will host it's Inaugural Rockland County
Dinner. Your strong support of
this vital organization will bring help and
hope to so many loving families. For
reservation or journal information, please
call the dinner office at (845) 738-1024 or email
dinner@boneiolam.org.
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| Good Luck, Senator Bruno |
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Senator Joseph L. Bruno
announced that he was stepping
down as Majority Leader of the New
York State Senate, bringing to a
close a remarkably successful tenure as
a towering figure on New York's political
landscape.
Politics is a brutish sport
and Senator Bruno's good humor was
critical to many crucial public policy
victories. As an Assemblyman, I always
found him and his staff open and
accessible. While the A
ssembly and Senate often had
divergent public policy approaches,
Senator Bruno's affable nature and
concern for average New Yorkers was
always evident.
I join my colleagues
in and out of government in wishing the
Senator a productive and relaxing
retirement and wishing good luck to his
successor, Se
nator Dean Skelos.
My government relations colleagues at
FHGR
always stand ready to assist with
your lobbying and advocacy needs. After
a tumultuous year in Albany, now is the
time to fashion your political and
advocacy agenda.
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Urban Renewal Moving Forward In Suffern; Senior Housing Project Sets Construction |
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The Village of
Suffern's long-awaited
downtown revitalization and Urban
Renewal Plan, to which the Law Office of
Ryan Scott Karben is special counsel, is
moving forward.
The Board of
Trustees is poised to adopt the details of
the plan in early July
based on a plan
developed in collaboration between our
office and Saccar
di & Schiff, one of the
Hudson Valley's leading urban planning
firms.
The plan, if adopted, will
harness Suffern's potential as a
t
ransportation center by adding state-
of-the-art one and two-bedroom
condominium units on Orange Avenue.
This new residential development and
accompanying public improvements will spur more
downtown residential development,
strengthening the commercial
district.
Suffern's progress comes as another
project represented by the Law Office of Ryan Scott
Karben prepares for construction.
The Views at
Pomona , a 58 unit luxury active adult community,
is ready to break ground. Development of this project
required a host of municipal approvals, including a
Special Permit from the Ramapo Town
Board, and a multi-year site development and
environmental review process.
As one of the
few attorneys who actually served as a member of a
local Planning Board, Ryan Karben was able to guide
this project to completion. It's a project of Regan
Development Company, a premier Westchester
County
developer.
Please conta
ct us for assistance with any of your zoning and land use needs.
Find out more....
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