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Mr. Cappello is a partner on the Land Use/Environmental and the Municipal Law Teams.
His primary areas of practice are land use and municipal law since 1988. Mr. Cappello has represented private developers in multi-phase and large-scale commercial, residential, educational and mixed-use land use applications. He has also served as attorney for planning boards and zoning boards of appeals throughout Orange and Ulster counties.
John is the lead partner in Jacobowitz and Gubits' "Green Team," which focuses on advising a wide array of clients (municipalities, developers, manufacturers and businesses both small and large) on the opportunities available in this emerging field of law.
Mr. Cappello has presented programs in the Hudson Valley focused on steps local governments can take to encourage "green development" and create "green jobs." John has also made a number of presentations on zoning and land use issues throughout the state, focusing on providing workforce housing, encouraging transportation orientated development, overcoming obstacles in the land use approval process, and the impacts of the Landmaster v. Town of Montgomery Appellate Court exclusionary zoning decision successfully litigated by Jacobowitz and Gubits on land use practice in New York State.
Active in several charitable and civic organizations, Mr. Cappello is Vice President of Orange County's Regional Economic Community Action Program, Inc. (RECAP) and as Trustee for the Josephine Louise Public Library. John also has served as vice-president of Mid-Hudson Habitat for Humanity, is a member of the Walden Rotary Club Training Program. John also completed a marathon for the Leukemia Society Team and is on the Sustainable Montgomery Committee of the Wallkill River School covering the communities of Walden, Maybrook and Montgomery, New York.
John also serves on the Orange County Citizens Foundation Land Use Committee and the Pattern for Progress Affordable Housing Committee.
Classes/Seminars
Update on the Latest, Greatest Land Use Cases and Statutes, PACE Land Use Law Center's Eleventh Annual Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference, 2012
Addressing Workforce Housing, NYS Bar-Municipal & NYS Assoc. of Towns, 2004
Prospering in a Green Economy, Orange County Citizens Foundation, 2009
PACEing Ourselves Using the Property Assessed Clean Energy Program to Fund Energy Efficiency, 2010
Integrating Green Provisions into Comprehensive Plans and Zoning Laws in New York State. New York State Bar Association Environmental Law and Municipal Law Section Joint Fall Meeting: October 2009
Integrating Green Provisions into Comprehensive Plans and Zoning Laws in New York State, The Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes, Pace University School of Law. Changing Times-Changing Practices Effective Legal Strategies to Resolve New Environmental Disputes, November 2009
Best Local Planning Practices and Tool Available For Reducing Sprawl by Developing Walkable Communities around Transportation Hub, Climate Change and Land Use Conference, 2008
Addressing Affordable Housing-Cases & Practical Solutions, 2006
Pitfalls in Planning and Zoning Administration, Orange County Association of Towns, Villages & Cities, 2002
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