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New York State Environmental Year in Review

Monday, Feb 22, 2016

Leading practitioners, regulators, and professors from New York City and Albany will review the past year’s most significant developments in New York State environmental law. Featured topics will include recent amendments to the Brownfields regulations; new 360 regulations (solid waste); the Volkswagen law suit; new developments under the State Environmental Quality Review Act; recent activities in the state legislature; major court decisions in environmental law; and more.

Sponsors: Committee on Environmental Law, Michael G. Mahoney, Chair, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), & Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School

Speakers: Thomas Berkman, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel - NYSDEC; Donna DeCostanzo, Senior Attorney & Director, Northeast Energy and Sustainable Communities - NRDC; Scott Fein - Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP; Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Director - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, Counsel - NYSDEC; & Philip Weinberg, Professor Emeritus - St. John's University School of Law

Moderator: Michael Mahoney, Pfizer Inc; Chair, Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association

Date: Monday, February 22, 8:30 - 10:00 am

Location: Bar Association of the City of New York, 42 West 44 Street

RSVP: NYC Bar Assocation This event is free but both Bar Association members & the general public must register