New Wilmington PA Weekly Meetings

February 24th, 2012 – Following New York State Supreme Court Judge Phillip Rumsey’s landmark decision in Dryden, NY that re-affirmed local municipalities’ right to prohibit natural gas extraction, Albany Common Councilman Dominick Calsolaro announced the re-introduction of the Albany fracking ban bill at a press conference on Feb. 24. The bill passed last year but was vetoed by Mayor Gerald D. Jennings. Calsolaro applauded the court decision and called for local municipalities’ rights to remain intact. “Judge Rumsey’s decision in the Town of Dryden case regarding the Town’s legal right to use zoning to prohibit hydrofracking is a reaffirmation of a municipality’s power to regulate land use within its boundaries. This constitutionally-granted power of local governments recognizes that land use decisions affecting residents of a specific municipality should be left to the elected officials of that municipality, and not have land use regulations forced upon them by bureaucrats who do … Continue reading →