CITY TOLD: ASK
JUDGE TO ORDER
HOTEL EMPTIED
City Attorney: 'We Want Everyone Out
For Own Safety, As Soon As Possible'
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

ONEONTA – The waiting game is coming to an end.

City Attorney David Merzig and building owner Melania Pervu met with County Judge John F. Lambert’s law clerk in Cooperstown this morning, following the release of the inspection report into the former Oneonta Hotel at 195 Main St. that showed filthy bathrooms, holes in walls and ceilings and tiles covering the sprinkler system.
According to Merzig, the clerk recommended that the city bring an Order to Show Cause to the judge, recommending punishment for the Pervus – Melania and her husband Nicolae – for failing to comply with Lambert’s September order that the building be brought up to code by Jan. 11. The order will then be presented to the judge for his ruling.
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