Dive summary:
- The city of Copake, New York has sued the 13 Lackawanna Properties and it’s owner, Salvatore Cascino for using his farm land as dumping ground for garbage, refuse and demolition debris.
- Cascino was found in contempt for violating a 2010 temporary restraining order prohibiting nonagricultural activates on his property.
- The court has ordered Cascino to start removing at least 150,000 cubic yards of material from the farm.
From the article:
A Bronx waste hauler who dumped construction materials on a farm upstate cannot overturn an injunction, a New York appeals court ruled.
The town of Copake in Columbia County had sued 13 Lackawanna Properties and its owner, Salvatore Cascino, for violating a 2010 temporary restraining order that prohibited nonagricultural activities on their 310-acre Copake Valley Farm.
Copake has alleged for years that the defendants used the farm, located about an hour south of Albany, as a dumping ground for garbage, refuse and demolition debris. ...