N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 24-0509: Relationship to other laws

§ 24-0509. Relationship to other laws.

No provision of this article shall be deemed to remove from any local

government any authority pertaining to the regulation of freshwater

wetlands, whether such wetlands are under the jurisdiction of the

department or a county pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 24-0501 of

this title, under the county, general city, general municipal, municipal

home rule, town, village, or any other law, provided, however, that any

such regulation by a local government shall be at least as protective of

freshwater wetlands as the regulations in effect pursuant to the

provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated

pursuant to the provisions of this article or pursuant to a local

freshwater wetlands protection law or ordinance adopted by a county

pursuant to the provisions of section 24-0501 of this title.