Talk of the Towns Magazine Features Article From LaBella’s Environmental Impact Group Program Manager Frances Kabat, JD
“What New York Municipalities Need to Know About the 2026 SEQRA Amendments”
In New York, the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) requires local, regional, and state government agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of proposed discretionary actions, such as real estate development projects. In 2026, several important updates were made to both the statute and its implementing regulations to address environmental justice, climate- and weather-related hazards, and development obstacles for specific types of real estate development projects.
In the September/October 2026 issue of Talk of the Towns magazine, published by the New York Association of Towns, Environmental Impact Program Manager Program Manager Frances Kabat, JD, explains the SEQRA updates and distills them down to how municipalities can navigate the changes.
Thank you to the New York Association of Towns for featuring Frances’s article!