“In New York State, installed solar capacity has increased from a mere 27 Megawatts (MW) in 2011 to more than 1,342 Megawatts in 2019. Thats an increase of nearly 5,000 percent!”
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New York State Association of Towns page 22. Talk of The Town. 2020.
Talk of the Towns Publication
https://www.nytowns.org/Towns/Publications_Products/Towns/Publications_and_Products/Publications.aspx?hkey=d9d52675-067c-46b7-9575-1a8a05f9b49a
Lawsuit
GIUSEPPINA AGOVINO, LUCIANO AGOVINO,ERIC MEIER, DIANE ORINGER. FRANK ORINGER, and MARY LOU ZIMMERMAN
Supreme Court Greene County INDEX NO. 19-0216
The court concluded, however, that local governments could consider the negative impacts of solar energy in their land use decision-making as well as other interests such as protecting agricultural land.
November 30, 2018 letter Whiteman Osterman and Hanna to NYS DPS and Flint Mine Solar, LLC
https://duanesburgneighbors.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2018-11-30-Whiteman-Bakner-against-Flint-Solar-November-30-2018.pdf