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KINGSTON – On his last day as Kingston mayor, Shayne Gallo announced
Thursday that he has filed a State Supreme Court lawsuit against the parties
he believes are responsible for “negligence, shoddy design work,
poor management and supervision” over the Pike Plan project. He
is suing each of the three parties for $1 million.
Gallo said the RBA Group of New York City failed to perform services for
the Kingston Street and Streetscape Project, which included the repairs
and/or reconstruction of portions of the “Pike Plan Portico”
and also perform an assessment of the sidewalks, complete design work
for all project elements.
He said Lochner Engineering failed to perform architectural/engineering
services for the project and Fourman Construction failed to perform construction
work, labor and services for the project.
“It is unfortunate the property owners under the Pike Plan have
been treated so poorly as they pay one-quarter of the city’s taxes”
Gallo said.
Noble said once he takes office, and “reviewed the associated documents
and gathered all of the information necessary, I will communicate what
my administration intends to do based on what is in the best interest
of the city.”
