David A. Goldstein, Goldstein Hall PLLC


David GoldsteinDavid A. Goldstein, the managing member of Goldstein Hall PLLC, has over 20 years of experience in the legal field, with expertise in affordable housing development, real estate finance, government affairs, general corporate/business law and litigation. In particular, Mr. Goldstein has extensive experience in negotiating joint ventures between not-for-profits and for-profit developers, as well as structuring complex affordable housing transactions. Many of these affordable housing transactions involve financing by federal, state and local agencies through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds and low-income housing tax credits. Additionally, Mr. Goldstein has experience representing limited equity cooperatives, HDFC co-ops and tenant associations in litigation and general corporate issues.

Beyond his active law practice, Mr. Goldstein conducts numerous workshops on the following topics:affordable housing finance and development, negotiating and structuring joint ventures, Year 15 legal issues for low-income housing tax credit projects, and cooperative law. He has lectured and conducted workshops for numerous organizations, including but not limited to:the Enterprise Foundation, the Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY), the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD), New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH), the New York City Bar Association, LORMAN Education Services, a continuing legal education provider, and Urban Homesteaders Assistance Board (UHAB).

Mr. Goldstein is a member of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association and the Forum Committee on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law of the American Bar Association. A long-time member of the Housing and Urban Development Committee of the New York City Bar Association, he served twice as the committee’s program chair for its Affordable Housing & Economic Development Conference.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Goldstein worked at Southern Tier Legal Services in Bath, New York and Queens Legal Services as a litigator representing tenants in eviction proceedings. While at Southern Tier Legal Services, Mr. Goldstein led the first independent study of the homeless population in Steuben County, New York.

Mr. Goldstein is the President of the Board of Directors of Groundswell Community Mural Project, a local not-for-profit organization that uses art as a tool for social change by creating high quality works of public art in under-represented neighborhoods. Mr. Goldstein also serves as a member of Berkeley College’s Paralegal Advisory Board. In Mr. Goldstein’s spare time he is a practicing potter and was featured in the award-winning PBS documentary series Craft in America

Bar Admissions
The State of New York
The United States District Court Eastern District of New York
The United States District Court Southern District of New York

Education
Syracuse University College of Law, J. D., 1991
The George Washington University, B. A., History, 1988