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Sherwood Boehlert: “Mr. Chairman, it has been alleged that the manager's amendment accommodates all of our objections to the bill. This…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1997
Mr. Chairman, it has been alleged that the manager's amendment accommodates all of our objections to the bill. This simply is not so. The fundamental flaw in this bill is not addressed in the manager's amendment. It does now say that if a zoning board offers alternatives, a developer must appeal one more time. That is good. But the bill still removes all incentives to negotiate because a developer can go to Federal court rather than follow the zoning board's instructions. Moreover, the bill still explicitly takes State courts out of the process.
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Sherwood Boehlert
New York
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Discussing objections to a bill related to zoning and development during a committee meeting.

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