Topic
Public Comment
58 published works
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
DEC Seeks Feedback by February 17th as it Considers Revamped Freshwater Wetland Regulations
The 2022/2023 State budget included watershed (no pun intended) amendments to the regulations governing New York’s Freshwater Wetlands. It has been published that the changes to the Freshwater Wetlands Act are…
Municipal Minute
Board Violated OMA in Restricting Content of Public Comment
In a recent binding PAC Opinion, the PAC found a public body in violation of the Open Meetings Act (OMA) for restricting the content of public comment. PAC Op. 23-013. A…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag – 4/13/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Recently, the Board of Education in the district where I live and work decided to reconfigure our schools. I think that…
School Law
See You In Court – April 2023
The members of the Nutmeg Board of Education were used to an irascible public, but one parent whom they call “Angry Al” has them worried. Al is always mad about something,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission reports receiving "more than 8,000 public comment submissions pertaining to proposed priorities"
This past Friday, the US Sentencing Commission reported on the public comments it received in response to the USSC's tentative policy priorities for the 2022-2023 guideline amendment year (which were…
Food Safety News
Public comment starts today for Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030
By News Desk
As the first step in the development process of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2025-2030, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture are releasing proposed scientific…
Gravel2Gavel
A Court-Side Seat: Rulemaking Proposed, Comments Solicited
by Anthony B. Cavender We interrupt our usual scrutiny of the courts to focus (mostly) on the important developments in notices and rulemaking issued by and concerning federal regulatory agencies…
Through The Immigration Lens
Prohibit Regulatory Actions on USCIS Forms
By: Angelo A. Paparelli Seyfarth Synopsis: This is the fourth installment in a series of recommendations to the Biden Administration on immigration reform previously published by the Cato Institute in…
Municipal Minute
PAC Again Wades Into First Amendment Territory in Public Comment Challenge
The PAC recently received requests for review from members of the public alleging that the public body improperly imposed content-based restrictions in remote meetings to interrupt and mute public comments…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
Official Action Taken on Added Agenda Items Without the Opportunity for Public Comment Violated the Sunshine Act
Robert L. McTiernan, Esq., rmctiernan@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-5528 Mid-Mon Valley Publishing Company, LLC, d/b/a Mon Valley Independent and Tina O’Dell v. City of Monessen, a Third-Class City, and Matt Shorraw, as…