Welcome to the Touro Law Land Use blog.
This blog is designed to promote economic and environmental sustainability by fostering greater understanding of local land use law, environmental law and public policy. It will highlight:
- New court decisions
- New local, state, and federal laws and policies
- Local government actions that guide or impact land use and community development, and
- Upcoming events of interest to land use practitioners, including developers’ attorneys, land use planners, local government attorneys, architects and engineers, the sustainable development community, and state and local regulators.
The blog’s primary author, Sarah Adams-Schoen is a Professor at Touro Law and Director of Touro Law’s Land Use & Sustainable Development Law (LUSD) Institute. Located on Long Island in Central Islip, New York, the LUSD Law Institute provides practical resources to help create a more economically and environmentally sustainable Long Island, including hosting dialogues like the one pictured below, creating annotated model laws and best practice commentaries, and providing training and education for lawyers and the larger community.
Land use and sustainable development law provides a key means for addressing some of Long Island’s most pressing social and environmental concerns, including climate change and natural-disaster resiliency; the creation of thriving urban centers and mainstreets; affordable housing; and the management of water resources, including storm water, waste water, and drinking water.
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