"The EPA’s new regulations rob New Yorkers - and people across the country - of their right to know about toxic dangers in their own backyards," Cuomo said in a public statement.

The politics of suing the federal government for a New York attorney general right now are pretty simple: with Democrats here and a Republican in the White House, it's a safe move. It might be a harder call if a Democrat takes over the presidency next year.

UPDATE: An interested reader emailed to note that Cuomo is not joining the other A.G.’s in this lawsuit, but rather, leading them, as it says the press releases sub-headline.