New York State Environmental Law Year in Review 2020
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About this event
Leading practitioners, regulators, and professors will review the past year’s most significant developments in New York State and New York City environmental law. In particular, speakers will cover New York State's Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act and New York City's Climate Mobilization Act and Local Law 97. Speakers will also address New York State environmental regulatory and litigation updates.
Coffee will be served. Event is free and open to the public, but please register.
Speakers:
Adriana Espinoza, Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice, New York City Mayor's Office of Climate Policy
Patrick Foster, Regional Attorney, Region 2, Office of the General Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Stephan Roundtree, incoming Northeast Regional Director, Vote Solar
Philip Weinberg, Professor Emeritus, St. John's University School of Law
Moderator: Amy Turner, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Sponsoring Association Committee: Environmental Law Committee, Amy Turner & Kevin Healy, Co-Chairs
Co-Sponsoring Organization: Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Organizer Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association
Organizer of New York State Environmental Law Year in Review 2020
The NYC Climate Action Alliance is building an alliance of all New Yorkers -- individuals, businesses, institutions and NGOs -- who are committed to making the City's ambitious 80x50 greenhouse gas reduction goal a reality by harnessing our collective ingenuity, inspiration, innovation and identity as New Yorkers.