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Email Us Order printed copies of selected articles PRFA’s Successful 11th Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights October 2007 “Vested Rights Bill Would Stop the Rules from Changing” - Carol W. LaGrasse, News Item, PRFA, February 7, 2008 Municipalities have been adding new rules in response to NIMBY's after applications are filed. The Vested Rights Bill (A6023-A and S3852-A) would put a stop to this unfair practice. “Property Rights-Related Bills in the New York State Legislature” - By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, May 13, 2004) Descriptions of 13 bills in the NY Legislature that benefit property owners, including wetlands tax abatement, statute of limitations on APA Act, tax exempt non-profit reform, forestry tax exemption reimbursement, separate wetlands assessment, wetlands homeowner’s relief, citizen’s wetlands expertise fund, wetland owner just compensation, authority reform, and eminent domain notification reform. “Property Rights Legal Foundation Inaugurated” (PRFA, Oct. 18, 2003) Attorney Madeline Sheila Galvin announced at the Seventh Annual Conference on Private Property Rights that the long-envisioned Property Rights Legal Foundation was incorporated in September. The primary purpose of the non-profit organization is “to promote freedom, property rights, civil rights, [and] constitutionally guaranteed rights.” Additional Helpful Organizations For Information on the APA: Subscribe to the Adirondack Park Agency Reporter An independent monthly record of the deliberations of the Adirondack Park Agency address New York Blue Line Council (Adirondack Park Agency Issues) address Pacific Legal Foundation (litigates important private property rights cases, including in New York State) address & web site Additional Resources “Biosphere Reserves in Action: Case Studies of the American Experience: Published by the United States Man and the Biosphere Program (U.S. MAB, June 1995.” Includes studies of 12 major UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the U.S. The Biosphere Reserves in New York: 2. Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve map link to main page See our Biosphere Reserves Index Page for links to all 12 studies	Access to Government Lands Latest - March 11, 2007
	Adirondack Organizations Latest - January 12, 2003
	Adirondack Park Agency (APA) Latest - July 31, 2008
	Adverse Possession Latest - July 12, 2008
	Assessment Privacy Latest - February 9, 2008
	Asset Forfeiture Latest - March 13, 2004
	Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites Latest - September 16, 2007
	Canalway Trails & Canals Latest - February 13, 2004
	Champion International Lands & Lawsuit Latest - January 27, 2007
	Citizen’s Strategies for Defending Private Property Rights Latest - February 18, 2008
	Cultural Eradication Latest - March 11, 2007
	Eminent Domain Latest - August 9, 2008
	Endangered Species Latest - Jult 20, 2006
	Farming Issues Latest - January 11, 2007
	Freedom of Information & Open Government Latest - October 1, 2007
	Freedom of Speech & Property Rights Latest - April 15, 2007
	GIS — A Fourth Amendment Threat to Private Property Owners Latest - February 9, 2008
	Government Control of Private Land Latest - June 30, 2007
	Government Land Acquisition Latest - May 25, 2008
	Government Obstruction of Energy Production & Distribution Latest - June 22, 2008
	Gravel Mining Obstruction Latest - September 26, 2004
	Greenways Latest - January 4, 2007
	Heritage Rivers & Areas Latest - April 13, 2008
	Hidden Government Latest - March 31, 2005
	Highways, Rights-of-Way Latest - July 12, 2008
	Historic Preservation Latest - February 18, 2008
	Hudson River Black River Regulating District Latest - March 12, 2006
	Johnson’s Landlord’s Commentaries Latest - March 9, 2004
	Landlords — Defending Their Rights Latest - April 16, 2005
	Local Home Rule — Threatened & Defended Latest - May 25, 2008
	Local Property Rights Organizations Latest - July 17, 2008
	Long Island Pine Barrens Latest - April 17, 2002
	Management of State-owned Lands Latest - March 11, 2007
	New York City Watershed Latest - January 20, 2006
	Northern Forest Lands Latest - April 21, 2003
	PCB Dredging Threatens Upstate Landowners
	Preservation vs. the Future of the North Country Latest - April 17, 2008
	Preserving Private Land in Private Hands Latest - July 12, 2008
	Privacy Latest - November 2007
	Real Estate Tax & Assessments Latest - May 25, 2008
	Regulatory Abuse of Small Business Latest - September 26, 2004
	Religious Institutions Latest - February 18, 2008
	Rent Control Latest - April 16, 2005
	Scenic Byways & All-American Roads Latest - April 20, 2007
	Stopping Government Land Acquisition — Defending the Local Culture & Economy Latest - May 25, 2008
	Trails - Including Rail Trails, Canalway Trails, & Snowmobile Trails Latest - April 21, 2008
	TDR’s Transferable Development Rights December 30, 2006
	Waterways Issues Latest - July 12, 2008
	Wetlands Justice Project Latest - March 7, 2006
	Defeating Zoning & Building Codes Latest - October 29, 2008

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