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PROTECT ADIRONDACKS! v. DEC

No. 21.

37 N.Y.3d 73 (2021)

170 N.E.3d 424

2021 NY Slip Op 02734

PROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS! INC., Respondent-Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION et al., Appellants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 4, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Letitia James , Attorney General, Albany ( Jennifer L. Clark , Barbara D. Underwood , Andrea Oser and Julie M. Sheridan of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Caffry & Flower, Glens Falls ( John W. Caffry and Amanda J. Kukle of counsel), and Braymer Law, PLLC, Glens Falls ( Claudia K. Braymer of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., White Plains ( Todd D. Ommen and Karl S. Coplan of counsel), for Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, amicus curiae.

Miller, Mannix, Schachner & Hafner, LLC, Glens Falls ( Mark Schachner and Jacquelyn P. White of counsel), for Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages and another, amici curiae.

McPhillips, Fitzgerald & Cullum LLP, Glens Falls ( Dennis J. Phillips and Eric C. Schwenker of counsel), for Empire State Forest Products Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York City ( Lisa E. Cleary and Jacob I. Chefitz of counsel), for Open Space Institute and another, amici curiae.

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany ( Philip H. Gitlen and Robert S. Rosborough IV of counsel), for Adirondack Council, Inc. and another, amici curiae.

Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York City ( Haimavathi V. Marlier , Sheryl Janet George , Mikaela L. Ediger and Bozena Sarzynska of counsel), for The Nature Conservancy, amicus curiae.

OPINION OF THE COURT

On this appeal, we must determine whether the State's plan for the construction of approximately 27 miles of Class II community connector trails designed for snowmobile use in the Forest Preserve is permissible under the New York Constitution. The plan requires the cutting and removal of thousands of trees...

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