SEQRA

The details of SEQRA reform

Looking at the specifics of how New York’s SEQRA reform efforts would work

I recently posted about proposed legislation in New York, advanced by the governor, to reform the state’s environmental review law (the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)) to facilitate infill housing – an approach similar to what California did last year.  There’s now legislative text (available here) available to allow a close review of what …

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SEQRA Reform

No, not CEQA, SEQRA. New York appears to be following California’s lead in overhauling state-level environmental review.

New York Governor Hochul this week proposed amendments to New York’s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).  The press release has a breathless title: “Let Them Build.”  But the proposal itself appears to be very similar to what California just enacted.  Housing projects in already developed areas, along with some other similar projects, such as …

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