Adam B. Taubman

Adam regularly appears on behalf of clients before New York City’s various land use agencies, including the City Planning Commission, the Board of Standards and Appeals, the Department of Buildings, the Department of Transportation, the City Council and local community boards.

Among his most notable recent work, Adam represented major health care institutions in obtaining zoning variances and related approvals for a new hospital center, a new ambulatory care facility, a new biomedical research building and an expanded emergency department, and a major university in connection with land use approvals for new and converted academic buildings. He obtained City Planning Commission and City Council approvals for the continued operation of Madison Square Garden and significant enhancements to signage, and secured state and city approvals for the enlargement and reconfiguration of the World Financial Center on behalf of a major developer. Adam also assisted Broadway Housing Communities, a nonprofit housing developer, in obtaining a rezoning and other land use approvals for the development of a 13-story mixed-use building containing 124 units of affordable housing and a children’s museum.

New York Super Lawyers recognized Adam as a Rising Star from 2015 through 2019.