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
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Proposes Radical Reshaping of Siting Process for Renewable Projects - (Posted On Friday, January 24, 2020)
- Trump Administration Proposes Significant Streamlining of National Environmental Policy Act - (Posted On Tuesday, January 14, 2020)
- New York Governor Proposes $3 Billion Bond for Environmental Measures - (Posted On Friday, January 10, 2020)
- A Building-Emissions Overhaul: How NYC’s LL97 Impacts Owners and Prospective Buyers Moving Forward - (Posted On Monday, August 19, 2019)
- New York to Propose Stringent Drinking Water Standards - (Posted On Friday, December 21, 2018)
- New York State Finalizes Amendments to SEQRA Environmental Review Process, Eliminating A Number of Proposed Reforms Aimed at Streamlining the Process - (Posted On Monday, July 23, 2018)
- State Court of Appeals Clarifies NY Environmental Quality Standards - (Posted On Thursday, December 14, 2017)
- D.C. Circuit Holds FERC Natural Gas Pipeline NEPA Review Must Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts from Power Plants Served by Proposed Pipeline - (Posted On Thursday, August 31, 2017)
- Beware the Public Trust: New York’s Highest Court Stops Retail Expansion On Citi Field’s Parking Lot Under Public Trust Doctrine - (Posted On Wednesday, June 14, 2017)
- New York State Proposes Revisions to Its Environmental Review Regulations - (Posted On Wednesday, February 08, 2017)