Samuel
H.
Lindenbaum
Counsel
Mr. Lindenbaum’s practice focuses primarily on zoning and land use matters.
With more than forty years of experience, Mr. Lindenbaum has handled a wide range of legal matters related to real estate, including special permits, zoning changes, variances, landmark proceedings, air rights transfers, tax abatements and economic development incentives for many of the city’s most prominent commercial and residential developments and for the expansion programs of many of the city’s leading non-profit institutions.
Representative Transactions
Current Representative Matters
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Expansion of the Museum of Modern Art
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Redevelopment of the former Alexander’s site on Lexington Avenue and East 59th Street by Vornado
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Redevelopment of the Con Edison properties at First Avenue and East 40th Street
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Sheldon Solow’s new residential towers on York Avenue and 60th Street
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Development of new Manhattanville campus of Columbia University
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Renovation of Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Building
Recent Approvals
Education
J.D.,
Harvard Law School,
1959
B.A.,
Harvard University,
1956
Bar Admissions
New York,
1960
Professional Affiliations
Real Estate Board of New York, Inc., Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee
Association for a Better New York, Founder, Director, and Vice President
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Honorary Trustee
American Friends of Israel, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Member of the Board of Overseers
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged, Chair of the Executive Committee
Real Estate Institute of Baruch College, Member of the Board of Trustees
UJA-Federation, Member of the Board of the Real Estate Committee
Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Venice, Member of the Advisory Board
New York State Council on the Arts, Member, 1976-1986, 1994-1999