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State Attorney General Drops Defense Of Sand Land Mining Permit

authorStephen J. Kotz on Sep 28, 2021
New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. this week praised the decision of Attorney General Letitia James to abandon the legal defense of the Department of Environmental Conservation in... more

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