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…
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YOU SEE WHAT INSPECTORS SAW TAKE THE TOUR of ONEONTA HOTEL Follow In The Footsteps Of Code Enforcers Who Conducted Latest Inspection 1/15/19 CLICK FOR … PHOTOS OF WHAT INSPECTORS SAW SEVEN PAGES OF VIOLATIONS FOUND LATEST HOMETOWN, FREEMAN STORY…
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…
JUDGE CONFIRMS ORDER: Oneonta Hotel Repairs Must Be Made By Jan. 11 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In an order by county Judge John Lambert, owner Melania Pervu must make all repairs to the building at 195 Main St. before the Jan. 11, 2019 deadline or she could be held in contempt of court, according to a decision made Friday, Dec. 7. “The city believes she violated the order, but understands the reluctance to issue a…
MRS. PERVU APPEARS IN COURT TODAY Decision Due This Week On Oneonta Hotel’s Fate Oneonta Hotel owner Melania Pervu, above, was back in county court in Cooperstown this morning after City Hall declared she had not met an Oct. 15 deadline to apply for building permits for all the deficiencies building inspectors had identified in the five-story structure at 195 Main St. County Judge John Lambert said he would issue a decision in this latest development by week’s end. Lambert…
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…
BULLETIN COURT TO PERVU: FIX IT OR LOSE IT COOPERSTOWN – Acting state Supreme Court Judge John Lambert today affirmed Oneonta City Hall’s decision, telling Oneonta Hotel owner Melania Pervu a few minutes ago that she must bring the building up to code by Jan. 11, 2019, or it will be vacated and she will be held in contempt. CHECK BACK FOR FULL STORY…
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…
Editorial, May 5, 2018 It’s Decision Time. But Is There The Will? Question: Can Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s administration make tough decisions? For one thing, whether or not to condemn the Twelve Tribes’ blighted Oneonta Ford property has been hanging fire since before Herzig took office. He’s now in his second term. There is state money in hand to demolish what is a public hazard and state money to prepare the site for new construction. All that’s hanging fire is…