About

Alvin Schein co-chairs the NYC Real Estate Tax & Zoning Incentives Practice at Adler & Stachenfeld LLP. A recognized expert in cooperative and condominium law and affordable housing law, Mr. Schein has filed or supervised the filing of more than 200 inclusionary housing plans with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”), in both onsite and offsite contexts. He is one of the few attorneys in New York whose practice includes representing sellers and purchasers of inclusionary air rights.

Mr. Schein has prepared hundreds of cooperative and condominium offering plans and condominium declarations, including those for affordable home ownership and the first-ever condominium and cooperative offering plans for inclusionary housing home ownership. He regularly interfaces with HPD, the NYS Attorney General’s office, the NYC Industrial Development Agency, the NYS Housing Finance Agency, the NYC Housing Development Corporation, and the NYC Department of City Planning, as well as New York City Council members and local community boards.

Before joining Adler & Stachenfeld in 2025, Mr. Schein was affiliated with Seiden & Schein, P.C., a law firm he co-founded in 1996. Seiden & Schein was well regarded as a firm with extensive knowledge of the critical areas of real estate tax incentive programs, condominium development, and inclusionary housing with attorneys possessing the ability to counsel clients through highly complex real estate transactions.

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Professional Affiliations & Memberships

  • New York State Association for Affordable Housing: Member, New York City Policy Committee
  • New York State Bar Association: Member, Real Property Law Section, Committee on Cooperatives and Condominiums; Co-Chair, No-Action Letter Subcommittee; former Member, Condominium Act Revision Subcommittee
  • New York City Bar Association: Housing and Urban Development Committee