Welcome to Government Law Online, a clearinghouse service of the Government Law Center of Albany Law School. This site contains a collection of government law and public policy articles, studies, papers, and reports written by the faculty, staff, and students of Albany Law School. This site also contains reports, papers, transcripts and materials from Government Law Center programs.

Recent postings
Modernization of New York's Land Use Laws Continues to Meet Growing Challenges of Sustainability
Topic : Ethics - Land Use
Patricia E. Salkin and Jessica A. Bacher
Prepared Testimony of Patricia E. Salkin Before New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations, Assembly Standing Committee on
Topic : Ethics - Government
Patricia E. Salkin
Prepared Testimony of Patricia E. Salkin before New York State Standing Committee on Ethics
Topic : Ethics - Government
Patricia E. Salkin
God and the Land: A Holy War Between Religious Exercise and Community Planning and Development
Topic : Constitutional,Land Use Planning and Zoning
Patricia E. Salkin and Amy Lavine
Host Community Agreements for Wind Farm Development
Topic : Energy,Land Use Planning and Zoning
Daniel A. Spitzer, Patricia E. Salkin and Michael Bookser
Changes for Powers of Attorney in New York
Topic :
Rose Mary Bailly and Barbara S. Hancock
Residency Restrictions for Convicted Sex Offenders: A Popular Approach on Questionable Footing
Topic :
Dwight H. Merriam and Patricia E. Salkin
The Effects of the Fiscal Crisis on Local Governments in New York
Topic : Anderson
Kenneth W. Bond
New Code of Ethics for Wind Energy Companies Doing Business in New York: A Back-Door Approach to Regulating Municipal Ethics
Topic : Energy,Ethics - Government,Municipal
Patricia E. Salkin
Zoning and Land Use Planning: Linking Land Use with Climate Change and Sustainability Topped State Legislative Land Use Reform Agenda in 2008
Topic : Energy,Land Use Planning and Zoning
Patricia E. Salkin