Heavy Construction Industry Files Suit Against NYS in Wake of Construction Funding Freeze
A broad based coalition of trade associations representing New York’s heavy construction industry today announced the filing of a law suit that confronts Governor David Paterson’s decision to unilaterally halt payments for hundreds of state construction projects and seeks to prevent those tasked with rebuilding the region’s infrastructure from being used as pawns in the Governor’s budget battles. The coalition includes the General Contractors Association, the Construction Industry Council, the Long Island Contractors’ Association and Associated General Contractors of New York State. The group’s attorney, former New York Lt. Governor Al DelBello of the law firm DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP, stated the law suit was filed in Albany State Supreme Court on Friday. More »
A broad based coalition of trade associations representing New York’s heavy construction industry today announced the filing of a law suit that confronts Governor David Paterson’s decision to unilaterally halt payments for hundreds of state construction projects and seeks to prevent those tasked with rebuilding the region’s infrastructure from being used as pawns in the Governor’s budget battles. The coalition includes the General Contractors Association, the Construction Industry Council, the Long Island Contractors’ Association and Associated General Contractors of New York State. The group’s attorney, former New York Lt. Governor Al DelBello of the law firm DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP, stated the law suit was filed in Albany State Supreme Court on Friday. More »
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