ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20055
No(s). 2011-0930 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb 24, 2012)

A New York court upheld a town's enactment of a zoning law that bans oil and gas drilling, including hydraulic fracturing, within the geographical borders of the township. The holder of two gas leases argued that §23-0303 of New York's Environmental Conservation Law preempts the zoning law. The...