MAYVILLE - A State Supreme Court Judge has made a procedural ruling regarding the case involving the annexation of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Dow Street Substation property in the Town of Ellicott. On Friday, Supreme Court Judge Lynn … [Read more...]
Contracting Firm Files $306,000 Lawsuit Against City For Failing to Pay for Work Completed
MAYVILLE - The contractor that was hired by the city of Jamestown to oversee Phase 2 of the renovation work on Tracy Plaza is suing the city for breech of contract. Specifically, Patterson-Stevens Inc., based out of Tonawanda, is claiming the city … [Read more...]
Arguments in Police Union Arbitration Appeal Scheduled for March 30
JAMESTOWN – The legal battle over a two-year labor contract between the City of Jamestown and its police union will take its next step at the end of March in state appellate court in Rochester. According to the calendar page of the State Supreme … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Ruling on City Police Union Contract
MAYVILLE - The State Supreme Court in Chautauqua County has upheld the arbitration decision involving the labor contract with the Jamestown police union covering the years 2016 and 2017. Last October a three-member arbitration panel ruled 2 to 1 … [Read more...]
Arbitration Challenge Goes Before State Supreme Court Monday
MAYVILLE - The case involving the City of Jamestown challenging a recent arbitration panel’s decision involving a contract with its police union will go before the State Supreme Court in Chautauqua County Monday. Last October the three-member … [Read more...]
State Law Required City to Participate in Arbitration with Police Union, Also Provided Opportunity to Challenge
JAMESTOWN, NY - With the city of Jamestown in the process of challenging a recent arbitration decision involving a contract with its police union, there's been some confusion in the community regarding the arbitration process and how it works when it … [Read more...]
Challenge to Arbitration Decision Involving Jamestown Police Union Contract Goes to Court March 18
JAMESTOWN - The case involving the City of Jamestown challenging a recent arbitration panel's decision involving a contract with its police union will go before the State Supreme Court in Chautauqua County later this month. Last October the … [Read more...]
As Jamestown Fights Arbitration Ruling, Similar Case Ends in Defeat for Plattsburgh
JAMESTOWN - As Jamestown City officials await their day in court to challenge a recent binding arbitration decision involving the city police union, a court in another region of the state has already made a ruling in a similar case, favoring the … [Read more...]
Request Made to Move Chautauqua Lake Lawsuit to Local Supreme Court
MAYVILLE - The Jamestown Post-Journal says the town of Ellery wants a lawsuit it is involved with moved to Supreme Court in Chautauqua County instead of Erie County. Over the summer Chautauqua Institution announced it had filed a lawsuit against … [Read more...]
Town of Carrol Landfill Will Likely Go to Trail
MAYVILLE - The Post-Journal is reporting that the dispute over the establishment of a landfill in the town of Carroll may be heading to trial after the Chautauqua County Supreme Court hearing earlier this month. Judge James Dillon denied Sealand … [Read more...]
