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Land Use Cases Highlight Lessons, Evolving Patterns: The Year In Review, John R. Nolon, Jessica A. Bacher
Land Use Cases Highlight Lessons, Evolving Patterns: The Year In Review, John R. Nolon, Jessica A. Bacher
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
New York courts busily decided a multitude of land use cases in 2008 due to the increased growth in magnitude and complexity of land use issues. This year, as in the past, the authors summarize some of the most important cases. This year’s cases include the following topics: judicial deference to land use board decisions, zoning boards of appeals discretion, standard local practice, the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, statute of limitations, affordable housing, and eminent domain.
Shifting Ground To Address Climate Change: The Land Use Law Solution, John R. Nolon
Shifting Ground To Address Climate Change: The Land Use Law Solution, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This article conceives and describes a Land Use Stabilization Wedge: a strategy that aggregates these five wedges and further organizes strategic energies. This builds on Socolow’s optimistic assertion that “an excuse for inaction based on the world’s lack of technological readiness does not exist.” I assert that the existing legal authority of state and local governments to regulate and guide land use and building is a powerful “technology already deployed somewhere in the world.” The Land Use Stabilization Wedge aggregates several of Socolow’s initiatives and employs multiple mitigation techniques available to citizens in every locality in the country.
The Future Of Our Land: Presidential Leadership, John R. Nolon
The Future Of Our Land: Presidential Leadership, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Open letter to the President.