{"id":895,"date":"2009-07-16T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/07\/16\/apa-loses-another-round-to-farmer-lewis\/"},"modified":"2009-07-16T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T17:23:00","slug":"apa-loses-another-round-to-farmer-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/07\/16\/apa-loses-another-round-to-farmer-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"APA loses another round to farmer Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The headline on Essex farmer Sandy Lewis’s website this afternoon trumpets: “We won again, 5-0 in the appeal.”<\/p>\n

The Associated Press is confirming that a NY appeals court has endorsed Lewis’s claim “that his housing for laborers is exempt from Adirondack Park Agency Regulation.”<\/p>\n

The Agency had sought to fine Lewis for building single-family homes for his workers in the town of Essex in the Champlain Valley.<\/p>\n

Lewis — a former Wall Street executive — challenged the fine in court. He won a first round ruling, but the APA appealed.<\/p>\n

A second unanimous ruling was handed down today.<\/p>\n

According to the AP, the court determined that the state’s “strong pro-farming policy” applies to farms in the Adirondacks just as much as it does to farms elsewhere in New York.<\/p>\n

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APA officials — and green groups — have argued that such a ruling would blow a hole in the state’s ability to regulate new home development in the Park.<\/p>\n

Farm-advocates, meanwhile, have described the Agency’s enforcement effort as a bureaucratic over-reach.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear whether the APA and NY’s Attorney General will appeal again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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