The Fourth Department of New York’s Appellate Division handed down the decision in Matter of National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v Schueckler, ___ AD3d ____, 2018 NY SLIP OP 07550 (Nov. 9, 2018). The appeal involved the granting of a petition for the acquisition of easements for an interstate gas pipeline. Now gas pipelines have gotten pretty used to obtaining what they need. But not in New York. The State of New York has blocked the entire pipeline project by denying the necessary environmental permits. Notwithstanding the barrier posed by… read more
November 16, 2018