Legal Opinion
Association for a Better Long Island, Inc. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 2014PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
Petitioners Town of Riverhead and Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency (Riverhead) seek to challenge 2010 amendments to the regulations of respondent Department of *5Environmental Conservation (DEC). The issue presented is whether petitioners have standing to challenge these amendments. We find that petitioners can proceed with three of their procedural claims, but that they lack standing with respect to the substantive causes of action.
In November 2010, the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources of the DEC, adopted amendments to 6…
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