Practice Area: Environmental & Energy Law

Congestion Pricing: A Case Study on Interstate Air Pollution Disputes

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New York’s congestion pricing program was set to take effect on June 30, 2024, notwithstanding multiple pending legal challenges.[1] Then on June 5,2024, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she was directing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority – which is charged with implementing the program – to put the congestion pricing program on “indefinite pause.”[2] This announcement … Continued

The Dawn of Environmental Human Rights in New York

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This article is from the issue of the New York Environmental Lawyer (2023,vol.43, no.1) a publication of the Environmental & Energy Law Section. For more information, please see nysba.org/environmental.  On Election Day in 2021, New York’s voters added Section 19 to the state’s constitutional Bill of Rights. They reaffirmed a human birthright to clean air, clean … Continued

Cleaning Up Hazardous Chemicals In Drinking Water

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Long-lasting chemicals are damaging the environment, but federal and state regulators are attempting to undo the harm. New standards and regulations for contamination mitigation were the topic of a recent Continuing Legal Education course hosted by the Environmental and Energy Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. The featured speakers were Kieran McCarthy, … Continued