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Steven C. Russo chairs the firm’s New York Environmental Practice. He focuses his practice on environmental law and litigation, environmental permitting, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) review, toxic tort litigation, environmental crimes, Brownfields redevelopment, government, energy and the environmental aspects of land use and real estate law. Steven is equally experienced litigating in federal and state courts, as well as counseling his clients with regard to environmental liability risk and due diligence, permitting, Brownfields, and impact assessment and review. He also practices election and campaign finance law.
Prior to joining the firm, Steven was the Chief Legal Officer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. There, he supervised approximately 90 attorneys in Albany, as well as the agency’s nine regional offices. He also supervised the agency’s legislative affairs department and Office of Environmental Justice. At the agency, Steven initiated a reform of the state’s environmental review regulations and assessment forms, completed the issuance of new power plant siting regulations pertaining to environmental justice and carbon emissions and revised the agency’s environmental audit policy.
Steven also serves as election law counsel to a number of New York State and federal campaigns and political parties.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Steven C. Russo
- Delays in Renewable Energy Siting in New York: A Closer Look at State Audit Findings - (Posted On Wednesday, May 08, 2024)
- New York State Proposes ‘Rapid Act’ and Other Bill to Aid in Transition to Renewable Energy and Away From Natural Gas - (Posted On Friday, February 09, 2024)
- New York Regulator Releases Draft Policy to Implement Environmental Justice Provisions of NY Climate Law - (Posted On Thursday, October 12, 2023)
- E2 Law Podcast: Episode 20 | Empire Environmental – Review of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce Emissions and Achieve Climate Goals [PODCAST] - (Posted On Friday, January 27, 2023)
- New York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and Renewal - (Posted On Wednesday, January 18, 2023)
- New York State Climate Action Council Adopts Final Scoping Plan to Achieve Climate Goals - (Posted On Thursday, December 22, 2022)
- E2 Law Podcast: Episode 19 | Empire Environmental – New York State Climate Action Council Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions - (Posted On Thursday, December 22, 2022)
- DOJ’s Updated Corporate Crime Policies: Practical Considerations in the Environmental Context - (Posted On Monday, October 03, 2022)
- New York’s Proposed Moratorium on Cryptocurrency Mining Operations - (Posted On Thursday, June 23, 2022)
- New York State Environmental Regulator Issues Draft Plan to Achieve GHG Emissions-Reduction Goals - (Posted On Wednesday, December 29, 2021)