Lemonides Heineman Associates

About Us

Lemonides Heineman Associates (LHA) was formed in June 2000 as a successor to Evan Lemonides Associates, and is associated with Metrocommute, the New York City region's leading provider of real time transportation information. The firm's staff is composed of urban planners, scientists and technicians with extensive public sector and private sector experience. Our firm and its predecessor have successfully completed over 200 environmental reviews within the New York City metropolitan area, ranging from residential development within areas bounded by sensitive wetlands, to high density commercial projects requiring detailed analyses of transportation, air quality, noise, and urban design. Our services include conducting analyses, preparing written reports and technical material, and presenting our work in public forums including community meetings and hearings of the decision-making agencies. None of our SEQRA, CEQR or similar environmental impact statements have been challenged in court. Key staff also have public sector experience within the environmental review divisions of City agencies including the Department of City Planning, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Transportation, and the Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination. The project team consists of the following professionals:

James Heineman
James Heineman joined Lemonides Heineman Associates in June 2000 following a twelve-year career at the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP). For the last three years of his employment at DCP, Mr. Heineman was the Deputy Director of Environmental Assessment and Review. In this position, he was responsible for implementing the agency's CEQR functions, including the preparation and review of CEQR documents covering a broad range of public and privately-sponsored actions, to ensure their consistency with applicable state and city regulations and policy. He chaired scoping meetings, represented the Department at public forums including Community Board and City Planning Commission hearings, managed professional staff, and advised the Director and Executive Director regarding the agency's CEQR obligations. At LHA, Mr. Heineman has successfully conducted CEQR and SEQR analyses for a wide range of residential, commercial, and community facility projects throughout New York City and its suburbs.

Evan Lemonides
Mr. Lemonides founded the planning firm of Evan Lemonides Associates in 1989. Since that time, the firm has successfully completed the environmental review for over two hundred projects before lead agencies including the Department of City Planning, Department of Environmental Protection, and Board of Standards and Appeals. Prior to starting his own firm, Mr. Lemonides was a transportation planner in private practice and at the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT). While with Urbitran Associates, Mr. Lemonides developed the traffic network analyses for the Downtown Brooklyn Master Plan Study. In 1994, he co-founded Metrocommute, the region's leading provider of real-time traffic and transit information.

George Wright, Hazardous Materials, Air Quality, Noise and Hazardous Materials
George Wright is an OSHA-certified hazardous materials specialist, an Environmental Assessment Association-certified environmental inspector, and meteorologist/air quality scientist. As a staff member of the DEP Air Quality unit, DCP Environmental Assessment and Review Division, and Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination, and in private practice, Mr. Wright has had primary responsibility for conducting and reviewing air quality and noise analyses pursuant to CEQR and applicable federal and state regulations, and Phase I environmental site assessments pursuant to ASTM Standard E 1527-94.

Erick Verela
Prior to joining LHA in the spring of 2003, Mr. Verela worked as a senior project manger at the Department of City Planning’s Environmental Assessment and Review Division. During his four years working at DCP, Mr. Verela coordinated inter and intra agency reviews, reviewed and analyzed CEQR applications, and wrote final CEQR determinations. Mr. Verela also managed such projects as the Proposed Sale of Con Edison First Avenue Properties to FSM Developers, 55 Water Street Trading Facility and Hudson Yards (Far West Midtown Rezoning).

Dan Broe, Historic Resources and Archaeology, Transit, Shadows
Dr. Broe has worked in private planning practice for twelve years, successfully representing clients before the Board of Standards and Appeals, Department of City Planning, and Department of Environmental Protection. Dr. Broe was a transportation planner at the New York City Transit Authority, where he had responsibility for conducting studies of travel demand, preparing level of service forecasts, and designing structural and operational improvements in the transit system.

Lemonides Heineman Associates, 139 Fulton Street, Suite 619, New York, NY 10038 (212) 334-1962