Plaintiffs Challenge New York Fracking Ban, Say It Amounts To A Taking Of Property

( June 3, 2026, 8:18 AM EDT) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — Property owners have filed an amended complaint in New York federal court seeking to overturn the state’s ban on hydraulic fracturing, arguing that it “unfairly requires property owners to bear the burden of the State’s environmental policies” and contending that it constitutes a taking of private property that violates the U.S. Constitution....

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