Entries tagged: environmental law

Suffolk County is the first county in New York State to restrict the use of plastic straws according to County […]

In 1988, Suffolk County passed the nation’s first law banning polystyrene “Styrofoam” food packaging due to its threat to the […]

On June 23, 2017, in Murr v. Wisconsin, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed whether adjacent properties owned by the same […]

Spring is here and with it, our thoughts turn to battling weeds.  To wage our battles, we often hire landscapers […]

If an agency such as a Town Board, Planning Board, or a Board of Zoning Appeals finds that an application […]

On November 19, 2015, in Sierra Cub v. Village of Painted Post, New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, […]

As published in the September issue of the Suffolk Lawyer On August 27, 2015, Newsday reported that Baykeeper, an environmental […]

Published in the Hauppauge Reporter On May 28, 2015, the HIA-LI Environmental/Green Industries Committee presented a well attended program entitled […]

Printed in the Suffolk Lawyer The disposal of pharmaceuticals is a growing area of concern in our over-medicated society. According […]

LIPA apparently believes, contrary to all evidence, that it need not comply with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”)[1] […]