Mr. Lewis has asked for more than $200,000 in legal fees, but the amount that the state will actually have to pay is to be determined. Judge Richard B. Meyer, an acting State Supreme Court justice, set a hearing on the issue for Feb. 26.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Times article quotes APA spokesman Keith McKeever, who said, \u201cWe\u2019re reviewing [the decision], and we\u2019re definitely disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Park Agency claimed during protracted litigation that farm worker housing on Lewis’s land violated the state’s subdivision rules in the Adirondacks.<\/p>\n
Lewis — and supporters in the farm community — argued that worker housing is an exempted agricultural activity.<\/p>\n
Last July, a state appeals court affirmed Lewis’s position on a unanimous vote.<\/p>\n
The case has been a public-relations nightmare for the agency. <\/p>\n
Last year, the APA’s top enforcement attorney handling the case, Paul Van Cott, emailed Lewis, calling him a “sociopath.”<\/p>\n
Van Cott was later reassigned.<\/p>\n
Lewis has since emerged as a prominent anti-APA activist, supporting other legal challenges against the Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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