Richard Booth
Education
- B.A., Amherst College, 1968
- J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1972
Bio
A lawyer by training, Dick Booth’s specialties are land use and environmental law, critical area preservation, environmental politics, and regional land use planning. He served as a member of the New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission from 1991 to 1995. He was elected alderperson on the City of Ithaca’s Common Council in 1985 and served for a decade, including six years as chairperson of the City’s Budget and Administration Committee. He is currently serving a second four-year term on the Tompkins County Legislature. From 1975 to 1977, he served as a lawyer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, rising to the position of assistant counsel dealing with land use affairs. Prior to that, he was a senior attorney with the New York State Adirondack Park Agency.
Courses
CRP380 - Environmental Politics
CRP544 - Resource Management and Environmental Law
CRP551 - Environmental Law
CRP653 - Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning
Research and Publication
Land-Use and Environmental Law
Critical Area Preservation
Historic Preservation Law
Environmental Politics
Regional Land-Use Planning