State files nearly 60 environmental law violation cases

By Steve Bennish
The Journal News

COLUMBUS - The state attorney general's office has filed nearly 60 enforcement action cases against environmental law violators, Attorney General Marc Dann said, which bests his predecessors.

"Many of these cases had been accumulating for years without any real action being taken on behalf of the people, yet significant violations of the law kept occurring," he said.

"The defendants had more than enough time to correct themselves, but chose to ignore those orders," he said....Read more.