Fighting Westway: Environmental Law, Citizen Activism, and the Regulatory War That Transformed New York City

Synopsis

The Westway Plan -- Highways, Subways, And The Seeds Of Dissent -- The Art Of Regulatory War -- The Road Warriors And The New Environment -- Searching For Westway's Achilles Heel : Air Pollution? -- Westway's Fill And America's Protected Waters -- The Public Fish Story -- Enter The Independent Federal Judiciary And The Power Of Law -- Reexamining The 1971-1982 Debacles -- Westway's Second Chance -- The Trial Crucible -- The Cross Examination -- Judgment Days -- Assessing Westway's Outcome -- Epilogue : If Westway Were Proposed Today?. William W. Buzbee. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.