Upper Nyack Yeshiva Application Advances Despite Dispute Over Scope Of Environmental Review
Village Outside Counsel Recommends Planning Board Limit Environmental Review Of Controversial Yeshiva Project On Route 9W
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Tag: SEQRA
SEQRA Watch
SEQR requires all local, regional, and state government agencies to equally examine the environmental impacts along with the social and economic considerations for a certain project, or action, during their discretionary review
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Islamic Center Of Rockland Pushes Forward On Application To Construct 30,000sf Building On Town Road In Valley Cottage
Balloon Test Scheduled For Saturday Tests Visual Impact Of Proposed Building On Peak Of Mountainview Avenue
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West Haverstraw Warehouse Project Advances To Evaluation Of Environmental Impacts
Residents Voice Objections To Large Warehouse Project On Beach Road In West Haverstraw
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Massive Warehouse Project Off Route 303 In Congers Raises Major Environmental, Traffic Concerns
Environmental Concerns In The Designated “Disadvantaged Community” Require Heightened Environmental Review Of Local Impacts
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The Legal Beat: Village of New Hempstead’s Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Amendments and Map Tossed By Court; Nyack Steps Back From Rent Stabilization
The Village of New Hempstead’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan, 2021 Zoning Amendments and Map Tossed By Court; Nyack Steps Back From ETPA
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Application To Expand Mosque Property Challenges Clarkstown’s R-160 Conservation Zone
Application To Expand Mosque Property Challenges The Integrity of Clarkstown’s R-160 Conservation District; Residents Are Demanding a “Positive SEQRA Declaration” From The Town Planning Board
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What Exactly Is SEQRA — A Term Heard At Every Planning Board Meeting But Little Understood
SEQRA Should Be Uniformly Applied But Rarely Is; Planning Boards Have Great Discretion To Decide Fate Of Projects
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Former Suffern Novartis Site Slated For Warehousing But Not Without Rigorous Environmental Review
Suffern Village Issues “Positive Declaration” To Study Traffic, Noise & Air Quality, And Other Environmental Issues On Sprawling Former Pharma Campus
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Proposed Ten-Lot Subdivision In Clarkstown Raises Questions Over Cul-De-Sacs
In reviewing Emerald Estates II, a proposal to build a 10-house subdivision off Emerald Court near West Clarkstown Road in New City, Planning Board Chairman Gilbert Heim said the design is faulty because the town limits cul-de-sacs to 15 homes.
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