Breaking: NY Court Decisions in Binghamton & Sidney Cases

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exclusiveAn important development in two New York court cases that potentially impacts shale drilling in the state--and no, neither is (directly) about the Dryden or Middlefield town ban cases currently before New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals. The two cases we're referring to are (1) the City of Binghamton and their ill-fated "moratorium" thrown out by a lower court judge in 2012 and subsequently appealed, and (2) a similar moratorium in the Town of Sidney, NY. In the Binghamton case, the appeal of the tossed-out fracking moratorium authored by anti-drilling husband and wife team of David and Helen Slottje has been withdrawn--so that case is now officially ended and the moratorium remains tossed and unenforceable. This is big news with big implications. In the case of Sidney, the judge in that case (different judge from the Binghamton case) issued a decision yesterday, but as of the time we wrote and posted this story, we still do not have a copy of the decision. We'll post it as soon as we get it. Let's dive deeper into both cases... (Important update at the end of this article)

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