Albany County Supreme Court annulled the Department of... environmental conservation's procedural part, what's that, 664, those rules, and what arguments did builders, small businesses, and municipalities use to secure that ruling?

So When regulations are enacted and the law went into effect on the same day as the regulations, there is four months to sue those regulations.

So in April of 2025, I brought one lawsuit and there were three other lawsuits filed on the same, around the same time, right towards the end of that to say these regulations are terrible.

One of them also challenged the law.

And so When we filed, there was a briefing schedule put into place so that the Attorney General who represents DEC could respond.

There were several common themes in all four challenges.

One of them in three, I believe three of the four cases, was the State Environmental Quality Review Act that DEC, The law itself and DEC had been saying this new measure will protect at least 1 million acres of new wetland area.

What survives the annulment? How did the court distinguish between striking down the procedural regulations and upholding the underlying 2022 legislative amendments? And what does that mean for the current regulatory landscape?