New York Enacts Substantial Reforms to SEQRA

On May 27, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law significant amendments to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. The amendments — the most sweeping in decades — exempt certain categories of housing and infrastructure projects from SEQRA review, while also imposing new deadlines…

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