• The common-law role in environmental protection

• New York toxic tort law

• Administrative agency relationships

• The State Environmental Quality Review Act

• Air and water quality

• Water supply and stream protection

• Solid waste management

• Hazardous waste

• Pesticides and herbicides

• Wetlands and coastal zones

• Open space conservation

• Agriculture and forestry

• Historic preservation

• Energy law

• Wildlife and endangered species protection

• Noise

• Criminal enforcement of environmental law