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Developing the 21st Century: Land Use, Construction Law, and Project Finance in the Built Environment
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 9 AM - 5 PM

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This multi-disciplinary investigation of critical Built Environment issues will explore community benefits agreements and the “disconnect” between local land use practices and regional smart growth and sustainability agendas; the need for, and the manner of, modernizing public construction procurement laws for all public owners as a first step to move New York construction law into the 21st Century; and necessary statutory conditions for modernizing public finance laws, in particular the authorization of public-private partnerships.

Moderators:
PETER EBRIGHT, Deputy Director of Special Enforcement, New York City Department of Buildings; ROBERT FLIEGER, Senior Manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP; and GEORGE MILLER, Mayer Brown LLP

Keynote Speaker:
RICHARD ANDERSON, President, New York Building Congress

Panelists:
JOSEPH AIELLO, CEO, Meridiam Infrastructure; KENNETH BOND, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.; DAVID BURNEY, Commissioner, New York City Department of Design and Construction; BETTI CERINI, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; PAUL FERNANDES, Chief of Staff, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York; KENNETH FISHER, Cozen O'Conner; MICHAEL GERRARD, Columbia Law School; JOSEPH HOGAN, Vice President, Associated General Contractors New York State; FLIP HUFFARD, The Blackstone Group; TERRI MATTHEWS, Senior Policy Advisor, New York City Department of Design and Construction; JOHN MILLER, Patton Boggs; JAMES PARROTT, Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute; DAVID PERINI, Commissioner, Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance; HOWARD ROSEN, Peckar & Abramson; THOMAS SCARANGELLO, Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti; MARLA SIMPSON, Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Contract Services; MARGARET STIX, Principal, Margaret Stix & Associates; MARK STRAUSS, FXFOWLE

Co-sponsored by: Construction Law Committee, Richard Volack, Chair; Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee, Mark Levine, Chair; Project Finance Committee, Ernest Chung, Chair

For further information, please contact:BUILTENVIRONMENT@NYCBAR.org