News & Insights

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are about more than just funding—they are a powerful vehicle for transforming communities with creative solutions.

MS&B Partner, Andrea Dobin, recently represented a trustee in a bankruptcy case featured in The American Bankruptcy Institute daily roundup written by Bill Rochelle.

After 18 years of dedicated service to the Board of Trustees at Hudson County Community College, including 12 years as Vice Chair, Bakari G. Lee has transitioned off the board and been appointed Trustee Emeritus.

This esteemed title honors his significant contributions to and lasting impact on the Board’s work. Congratulations on this outstanding honor, Bakari!

MS&B’s own Andrea Kahn took the stage recently in her role as president of the League of Women Voters of the Greater New Brunswick Area to announce video winners in the League’s YVote Contest.

The building boom in Bayonne continues with the 1888 Studios project, which was just awarded a potential $400 million Aspire tax credit. Not only will this transformative project develop five acres for public use including a park and waterfront walkway, but the studios themselves contribute to the Garden State’s burgeoning film and digital media industries.

Creating additional affordable housing can signal exciting growth, but finding sufficient capital is a common hurdle for many municipalities.

Congratulations to Sari B. Placona, Anthony Sodono, III, and Andrea Dobin for their recognition in Chambers USA 2024. Chambers USA 2024 (a publication of Chambers and Partners) has again recognized both the firm and these three attorneys in its annual rankings of the foremost law firms and lawyers in the country.

Congratulations to MS&B Associate, Jessica Almeida, for her reappointment to the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Character and Fitness Committee.

MS&B, led by Bakari G. Lee, recently represented the Newark Housing Authority (NHA) in a complex transaction to acquire 263 public housing units. These units were originally constructed through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Hope VI grant program, a resource designed to transform public housing nationwide.

If you’re wondering just how much affordable housing New Jersey towns will be required to zone for, build, convert or renovate under the state’s new bill, you’re not alone.