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15th anniversary: “Making Environmental Self-Regulation Mandatory”

Andy Whitford

Written with a former undergraduate student during my time at Kansas, “ Making Environmental Self-Regulation Mandatory ” appeared in the journal Global Environmental Politics in 2006.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

The government land banks’ ability to transact these properties is more regulated and less flexible when it comes to property disposition compared to private-entity transactions. In 2006, the Ohio General Assembly passed this legislation. This number rose to 8,700 in 2003, 9,700 in 2004, 13,943 in 2006, and 14,946 in 2007.

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Implications and Geography of Office to Housing Conversions

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The regulation targeted buildings built before 1961 in these districts and buildings built before 1977 in Lower Manhattan. Specifically, Article 1 Chapter 5 of the city’s zoning resolution loosened regulatory restrictions for office conversions in lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn and Queens.

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CONTRACTS: Emergency Orders and Delayed/Excused Action

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2d 306, 312 (1996) (regulations offer no excuse "where a party has assumed the risk of such regulation"). 3d 724, 735 (2006) (temporary impossibility suspends performance "unless the delayed performance becomes materially more burdensome or the temporary impossibility becomes permanent"). Dashiell , 195 Md. 677, 689, 75 A.2d

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Change takes forever: plastic bag bans, liquor stores and crime

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some blog entries -- " Alcoholic beverage sales restrictions moving forward in Seattle ," 2006 -- " Disproportionate link between Circle K convenience stores and crime in Phoenix suburbs ," 2011 -- " The sales of alcoholic beverages in cities (DC vs. Chicago) ," 2012 Journal article -- " Regulating Availability: How Access to Alcohol Affects Drinking (..)

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Second, it’s unreasonable to assume the design could work effectively through many decades of often unpredictable changes in markets, legislation, and regulation. 11] The history makes clear that the various GSEs often engage in lobbying and advocacy for favorable changes to legislation and regulation, potentially biasing the outcome.

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