Environmental Law and Advocacy Services

Passionate Environmental Advocate

Carolyn Zenk has gained tremendous expertise practicing law for over 30 years.

She was General Counsel for Group for the East End, a leading Long Island environmental advocacy organization, ten (10) years full-time. She is one of the top environmental attorneys on Long Island and considered the leading environmental attorney on the East End.

Attorney Zenk represented over a dozen civic organizations and wrote an amicus curiae brief, which resulted in the historic Pine Barrens Act, which protects Long Island's drinking water. Vice President Al Gore awarded her the prestigious "Champion of the Environment" award. Her accomplishments are outstanding.

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Carolyn Zenk's Environmental Accomplishments

Zenk was a key leader on these issues: 

• Stopped incinerators on Long Island's East End
• Up-zoned one-third Southampton Town to the 5-acre zone
• East Hampton’s Harbor Protection Overlay District Law
• Preserved Wildwood Lake, Flanders
• Preserved farmland in Southampton Town
• Fought Union Carbide for poisoning wells w pesticides
• Preserved the Long Pond Greenbelt, Bridgehampton
• Brought community theater to blighted downtown area in Hampton Bays, NY

Links to Ms. Zenk's Environmental Articles

• Effective Advocacy Before Town Boards
• New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)