Education
JD, UNIPÊ | Centro Universitário de João Pessoa (Brazil)
MA, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
- Certificate in Environmental Law
- Certificate in International Law
About
Camila Almeida is an Associate in the Firm’s Tax Exemptions and Zoning Incentives Department. She represents owners, developers, purchasers, and lenders in connection with real estate development, affordable housing, and zoning incentive matters throughout New York City.
Her practice focuses on transactions involving securing zoning bonuses under the Universal Affordability Preference (UAP) Program and the Voluntary Inclusionary Housing Program that UAP replaced, meeting the affordability requirements under the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) Program, obtaining tax exemptions for struggling buildings under Article XI of the Private Housing Finance Law, as well as other affordable housing programs administered by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). She advises developers throughout the development lifecycle, from project planning through affordability compliance and HPD approvals, inclusionary air rights transactions, and financing transactions. Her experience includes representing a developer in connection with New York City’s first MIH Fee-in-Lieu transaction. She also represents lenders in connection with affordable housing transactions and regulatory due diligence.
In addition, Camila has experience handling a broad range of real estate transactions, including sales and acquisitions, financing of real property, commercial leases, development agreements, zoning lot development agreements, easements, and other land use and development-related matters, and regularly advises clients on access agreements relating to demolition, excavation, and construction projects.
Prior to joining Belkin Burden Goldman, LLP, Camila was an associate at a boutique real estate law firm in New York City, where she focused on inclusionary housing and transactional matters. Earlier in her career, she worked at a boutique commercial real estate firm in Westchester, representing clients in acquisitions, financing, construction, and leasing.
Honors & Awards
Super Lawyers Rising Stars®, New York Metro Area, Real Estate (2025 – 2026)
Recent Experience
- Represented a developer in connection with New York City’s first Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Fee-in-Lieu transaction, including the negotiation and recording of the restrictive declaration and fund payment for a residential conversion project in Manhattan.
- Represented a developer in connection with an Article XI tax exemption transaction involving two affordable housing buildings in the Bronx containing 113 residential units, including the negotiation of the regulatory agreement, nominee agreement, deed transfer documents, and related closing documents.
- Represented a developer in connection with a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing application and restrictive declaration governing a 583-unit residential development in Brooklyn containing 153 Mandatory Inclusionary Housing units.
- Represented a developer in connection with a Voluntary Inclusionary Housing regulatory agreement governing a 60-unit residential development in Brooklyn containing 15 affordable housing units.
- Represented a developer in connection with a Universal Affordability Preference restrictive declaration governing a 69-unit residential development in Brooklyn containing 13 affordable housing units.
- Represented a purchaser in the acquisition of 16,575 square feet of floor area compensation in an inclusionary air rights transaction for a multifamily development project in Brooklyn.
- Represented a developer in the sale of commercial condominium units and residential development rights as part of a large mixed-use redevelopment project in Queens, including the negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, a development agreement, zoning lot development agreements, light and air easements, parking easements, a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing application, and related land use documents.
- Represented a borrower in connection with the refinancing of a $4.5 million bridge loan secured by a mixed-use development property in Queens.
- Represented a lender in conducting Mandatory Inclusionary Housing due diligence and negotiating a subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreement in connection with a 48-unit mixed-use development in Brooklyn containing 13 Mandatory Inclusionary Housing units.
- Represented a purchaser in connection with the acquisition and subsequent sale of a multifamily development site in Brooklyn.
Publications
- Jamaica MIH Is Live: What to Know Before Filing With HPD, The BBG Update, Winter 2025-26
- Mandatory Inclusionary Housing at Ten Years: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What’s Next, The BBG Update, Fall 2025
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