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SEQRA and Infill
27 Mun. Law. 16 (2013)
  • Michael Lewyn, Touro Law Center
Abstract

New York's State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) is designed to protect the environment by requiring government to consider the harmful environmental impacts of its actions. However, SEQRA itself may create environmental harm by discouraging infill development.

Keywords
  • SEQRA,
  • infill,
  • environmental,
  • impact statement,
  • review
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Publication Date
Summer 2013
Publisher Statement
Reprinted with permission from: Municipal Lawyer Journal, Summer 2013, Vol. 27, No. 2, published by the New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207.
Citation Information
Michael Lewyn. "SEQRA and Infill" 27 Mun. Law. 16 Vol. 27 Iss. 2 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lewyn/87/