Skip to main content DEC's plastic bag ban was so confusing that state must pay plaintiffs' court costs, judge rules DEC's plastic bag ban was so confusing that state must pay plaintiffs' court costs, judge rules Orders the payment despite upholding the prohibition, ruling DEC's launch had 'incorrect' and 'frivolous' actions by the state FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 A shopper gets ready to unload her groceries from her cart to her car in the Price Chopper parking lot on June 9, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. A state Supreme Court justice upheld the New York's plastic bag ban but found the Department of Environmental Conservation so badly bungled the rollout the plaintiffs were entitled to have the state pay legal cost in the lawsuit. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less