Fallout from park agency court losses
BY GWENDOLYN CRAIG AND ZACHARY MATSON
Rulings against the Adirondack Park Agency in two court cases in two days in early March raised questions about its internal operations and how it will conduct business in the future.
On March 2, the state Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, said the agency incorrectly applied its wetlands regulations when granting a marina permit on Lower Saranac Lake. On March 3, the state Supreme Court in Warren County ruled the APA should have held a public hearing before permitting herbicide applications in Lake George.
Former APA Commissioner Chad Dawson, who resigned from the board at the end of 2020 over what he described as the agency’s insufficient data collection before issuing permits, said
