Edward Ambrosino serves of Counsel to Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. where he is Chair of the firm's IDA and Municipal Development Incentives practice group as well as a member of the Real Estate and Zoning and Land Use Departments and the Municipal and Government Affairs Group.
Mr. Ambrosino is a leading authority for companies on IDA and conduit issuer development transactions and specializes in real estate development and municipal law. Among his various clients, he serves conduit borrowers, national real estate developers and multi-national technology and energy firms.
Mr. Ambrosino is very active in government and local politics. Currently, he is serving in his 2nd consecutive term as Councilman to the 2nd District of the Town of Hempstead.
Mr. Ambrosino joined the firm after having served Nassau County as counsel to the Republican caucus of the Nassau County Legislature. As the first Majority Counsel to the new County Legislature, he authored the first rules of procedure and created its internal systems and committee structure. He counseled the Presiding Officer and the Minority Leader, drafted all caucus legislation and negotiated and reviewed documents involved in several major transactions including the sale of the Nassau County Medical Center, the $270 million securitization of Tobacco Settlement Proceeds and the $242 million MTA Financing. In addition, Mr. Ambrosino was a legislative counsel on all Collective Bargaining Agreements with municipal unions, and he reviewed and analyzed the County Budget, negotiated with the County Executive and consulted with the Governor's office and members and staff of the NYS Senate and Assembly.
Mr. Ambrosino has dedicated himself to several community organizations as well, being President and Founder of Amber Rose Productions, a not for profit community theatre production company and he serves as counsel or board member to several organizations, including the Friends of North Valley Stream, the Central Nassau Civic Association, the Nassau County Sports Commission, the Pat Cairo Family Foundation, Musicals Unlimited, the Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club and the Nassau County Literacy Volunteers of America.
Mr. Ambrosino attended Chaminade High School, Fairfield University, New York Law School and New York University Law School. He will be teaching a course he developed, Leveraging the Public/Private Partnership, for the Real Estate LLM program at his alma mater.