Samara Swanston has been engaged in the practice of Environmental Law for more than twenty-five years. She worked as environmental counsel to the Town of Babylon and the County of Suffolk where she litigated Long Island Pine Barrens Society v. Town..
Samara Swanston has been engaged in the practice of Environmental Law for more than twenty-five years. She worked as environmental counsel to the Town of Babylon and the County of Suffolk where she litigated Long Island Pine Barrens Society v. Town of Brookhaven et al., the largest environmental lawsuit in state history, and she was the first drafter of Article 57 of the Environmental Conservation Law creating the Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act and saving a globally rare dwarf pine forest. Ms. Swanston worked for the Environmental Protection Agency, helped create the Region 2 Environmental Justice Workgroup, draft the 1992 EPA Environmental Equity Report and was awarded the EPA Gold Medal, the highest agency honor.
She is Legislative Counsel to the Environmental Protection Committee of the New York City Council and a Visiting Professor at the Pratt Institute Graduate School for Urban Planning and the Environment. Ms. Swanston makes a cameo appearance in the movie “Gasland”, winner of the Special Jury Prize 2010 Sundance Film Documentary and nominated for an Academy Award and the movie “Idle Threat” winner of the 2012 Woodstock Film Festival and Official Selection in the 2013 Environmental Film Festival in the nation’s capital.
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