With Tenants Out, Exit Realty Listing Hotel For $1.85M One Tenant Remains, But City Working To Locate New Home By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Within days of the listing, potential investors have already expressed interest in looking at the former Oneonta Hotel, according to realtor Adam Karns. “We had a camp out towards Stamford that expressed interest, and I know another agent had someone interested,” he said. “But we haven’t taken anyone through yet.” Following Judge…
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Oneonta Hotel, City Due In Court Tuesday By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Accusing 195 Main Street owners Melania and Nicolae Pervu of “gross negligence” and warning that they are “approaching criminal behavior,” the City of Oneonta will ask County Judge John Lambert to shut down the former Oneonta Hotel during a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 5. “The situation has now passed far beyond dirty rugs and stained ceiling tiles from a leaking roof,” wrote David Merzig, city…
City Inspector Allegedly Threatened When Boiler Malfunctioned In Hotel ONEONTA – Nicolae Pervu, owner of the former Oneonta Hotel at 195 Main St., allegedly threatened a City of Oneonta Code Enforcement Inspector after he reported to the scene of a malfunctioning boiler that filled the building at 189 Main with carbon dioxide. “Our inspector left the building because he felt threatened by Mr. Pervu,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. The issues began with the Oneonta Fire Department responded to 189 Main, where…
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…
ONEONTA HOTEL FAILS INSPECTION By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Citing missing kitchen appliances, holes in the ceiling and a blocked sprinkler system, among nearly a dozen pages of code violations, the City will argue that Melania Pervu, owner of the former Oneonta Hotel at 195 Main St., has failed to remedy the unsafe conditions of her building, as ordered by County Judge John Lambert last September. “There are still considerable violations,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We have…
Oneonta Hotel Due Back In Court ONEONTA – Citing an insufficient building permit application, the City of Oneonta will once again bring the owners of the former Oneonta Hotel to court. “The application did not even come close to remedying the deficiencies,” said Mayor Gary Herzig.…
Weight Of Court Behind City Hall On Oneonta Hotel Fix It, Or Building Will Be Vacated, Owner Held In Contempt, Judge Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Judge John Lambert this morning supported Oneonta City Hall’s actions against Oneonta Hotel owner Melania Pervu in every particular, only extending the deadline for final action until January. After conferring with lawyers for both sides for 40 minutes in chambers, Lambert, filling in as Supreme Court judge for…
ONEONTA HOTEL CASE IN COURT Lawyer: City Hall Won’t Take Blame For Deaths By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In the first court hearing in City Hall efforts to evict tenants from the deteriorating former Oneonta Hotel building, City Attorney David Merzig made the city’s opinion very clear. “We’re at the end of our ropes,” Merzig said today in state Supreme Court here. “We are not going to be held responsible if there is a fire in…