Christopher Rizzo

March 08, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Christopher Rizzo and Michael Plumb of Carter Ledyard & Milburn discuss Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to construct a waste-to-energy facility; the siting of such a facility in one of the city's 59 neighborhoods, which have consistently and often successfully fought new solid waste facilities for over two decades; and the state's new licensing process for electric generating facilities, which will both help and hurt the effort.

By Christopher Rizzo and Michael Plumb

13 minute read

June 28, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Christopher Rizzo and Christine Fazio, associates with Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, write that New York's 2003 Brownfield Law was one of the most long-awaited pieces of state environmental legislation in decades. A recent conference sponsored by the Nassau County and New York State bar associations provided an update on the law and the hurdles it has faced on Long Island and statewide.

By Christopher Rizzo and Christine Fazio

7 minute read

July 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Christopher Rizzo, an associate at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, and Stephen Clark, a Professor of Law at Albany Law School, write that in addition to Canada and Massachusetts, which allow same-sex marriage, four more of New York's neighbors have granted same-sex couples all the state-law rights of marriage through the "separate but equal" institution of civil unions, and two others have established statewide domestic partnership regimes.

By Christopher Rizzo and Stephen Clark

11 minute read