Permit Extension Act of 2008 – Extended!

On September 6, 2008 then Governor Corzine enacted The New Jersey Permit Extension Act (the “Act”) in an effort to combat the impact these trying times have had on real estate development throughout the state.  The purpose of the Act is to prevent a permit from expiring before the economy provides a conducive environment for further development.  The life of certain permits in affect, or issued after, January 1, 2007 was automatically tolled until July 1, 2010. 

Unfortunately, July 1, 2010 is less than 4 months away and the economy has yet to fully recover.  As one his last acts, Governor Corzine enacted a bill extending the tolling period until December 31, 2012. Once December 31, 2012 has passed, no permit will be extended past June 30, 2013 if that same approval, without the tolling under the Act, would have otherwise expired prior to June 30, 2013.  If the economy is still reeling at that time it is very likely that the tolling of permits will be extended ever further.  

PLEASE NOTE

Not all permits and/or approvals are protected under the Act.  If you have a permit and/or approval in place we would suggest that you contact our office so that we can discuss whether you are afforded protection under the Act.

Andrew S. Kohut, Esq.

Haiti Relief

Ridgewood man says no one should be critical of relief efforts in Haiti, The Bergen Record, Monday, February 1, 2010
TEANECK — James Delia learned about the logistical problems of shifting people and goods around Haiti well before the Jan. 12 earthquake shattered the impoverished country.

Delia, giving a presentation Sunday about his experiences in Haiti to the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County in Teaneck, recalled a trip he took last July with a group of soccer players in a YMCA program in Haiti.

“It took 13 hours, door to door,” to go 140 miles, he said. “Our bus broke down often. And then when we got to Port-au-Prince it was bumper-to-bumper traffic.”

An attorney with a lifelong passion for soccer, Delia traveled to Haiti last year for two weeks, and in 2008 for a week, to coach Haitians playing in a YMCA program. The organization, of which Delia is a board member in Ridgewood, started a Haitian branch in 2001.

Since the earthquake flattened much of Haiti’s capital, emergency workers have often found it difficult to get help and supplies to residents, in part due to the country’s poor infrastructure.

“I understand the degree of the logistical nightmare they are going through,” Delia, 47, of Ho-Ho-Kus, said. “No one should be second-guessing the coordination effort.”

Delia, who coached about 70 players on each trip, said he found himself fascinated by the country. He expects to make another trip in August.

He said he has managed to communicate with some people he met in Haiti and two people connected with the YMCA there appear to have died in the disaster.

One, a YMCA board member in Haiti, was killed when the church she was attending collapsed, he said, while the other, who acted as his driver there, is missing.

The Ethical Culture Society said it has raised about $2,000 to help Haitian earthquake victims.