People v. Quadrozzi
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McCarthy, J.
In this appeal, which arises out of a criminal prosecution for *95alleged violations of article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law (hereinafter the ECL), the primary issue, which is one of first impression, is whether a local district attorney may, pursuant to ECL 71-0403, initiate such a criminal prosecution without the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (hereinafter DEC) first authorizing or instituting the criminal prosecution. We conclude that ECL 71-0403 vests a local district attorney with such authority. We further find that the…
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