Sive, Paget & Riesel
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Sive, Paget & Riesel (SPR) is a law firm located in New York City which practices primarily environmental law. The firm is among the oldest environmental law firms in the United States, tracing its origins back over forty years.
One founding partner, David Sive, was involved in a landmark litigation to halt construction of a power plant on Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River. The case was the among the first to establish one of the basic first principles of environmental law, legal standing to sue.
Another attorney who practiced with SPR, William Ginsberg, was parks commissioner for New York City under mayor John Lindsay, and in 1979 successfully litigated the first case which established the tax-deductibility of the value of a conservation easement restricting development.
SPR practices all aspects of environmental law, including litigation and environmental impact review, and represents numerous real-estate developers and municipalities in the New York metropolitan area. SPR counts among its clients the New York State Urban Development Corporation and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
