executive session

EDITORIAL: Don’t let government boards keep you in the dark

  ““We the people.” Those three words, the first three words of the U.S. Constitution, are often cited as justification for citizens exercising their constitutional rights. But those three words apply in a broader sense to the definition of government itself. “We the people.” It’s our government. We own it. We pay for it. We … [Read more…]

Common Mistakes in the Land Use and SEQRA Processes

““Thus the general substantive policy of the act is a flexible one. It leaves room for a responsible exercise of discretion and does not require particular substantive results in particular problematic instances.”- Town of Henrietta (1979) But, Courts have repeatedly held that the SEQRA Lead Agency should not defer analysis of project impacts to planning … [Read more…]