The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York Constitution
E2 Law Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The Bill of Rights protects rights of people against the government. Thus, section 19 probably constrains government action or requires affirmative government action, but it does not create a right of your neighbor to have you maintain your trees or to stop polluting. That right is part of Article I, the New York Bill of Rights.
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