Christopher Rizzo

September 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

"For various reasons, new housing production on state land has slowed dramatically, and public authorities turned their attention to infrastructure, universities, and economic development," write Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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June 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal

This article reflects on the five-year anniversary of New York state passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act by highlighting some crucial but under-the-radar legal initiatives to preserve grid reliability.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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February 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

In their Domestic Environmental Law column, Christopher Rizzo and Karen Meara present the current state of the law for climate disclosures in select major markets, particularly New York, and likely developments in 2024.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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October 25, 2023 | New York Law Journal

In this article, Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo discuss a unique stadium special permit and how the city's decision over the special permit for Madison Square Garden will impact the busiest transit hub in the country.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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July 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

As this column has noted before, New York state has an acute housing shortage. At the current slow pace of construction (about 40,000 units in 2022), the state will never produce the 800,000 housing units needed to meet demand over the next 10 years. The housing shortage has markedly increased housing costs throughout the state, hitting low- and moderate-income New Yorkers hard.

By Christopher Rizzo

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February 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Recent court decisions suggest that the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) and 2021 Environmental Rights Amendment (amendment) are going to have very significant impacts on environmental regulation and litigation in New York state.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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October 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The failure to update the Clean Air Act and other environmental statutes, or to otherwise address climate change and a host of other problems can be traced in large part to the filibuster.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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June 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo devote this edition of their Domestic Environmental Law column to highlighting the state's substantial and ongoing progress on offshore wind.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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March 02, 2022 | New York Law Journal

This article outlines recent proposals from Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature to address this crisis, as well as a novel challenge to a recent New York City rezoning that included a major affordability component. The new mayor has yet to release his plans but appears to be on board with the Governor's proposals so far.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

9 minute read

October 19, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In this edition of their Domestic Environmental Law column, Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo offer their thoughts on several specific initiatives that are under consideration by the New York State Climate Action Council and/or have been proposed by the New York State Legislature.

By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo

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