The Gloversville Common Council has voted to hire attorney Andrew Leja, of Albany-based law firm Barclay Damon, to help defend the city against an Article 78 lawsuit filed by the Free Methodist Church of Gloversville in March.According to the resolution approved by the council, Leja, who already rep
Rev. Richard Wilkinson, lead pastor of the Free Methodist Church of Gloversville, says he has no plans to reopen the Center of Hope Code Blue homeless shelter at 144 E. Fulton St. this winter, but he would reopen the shelter at the former YWCA at 33 Bleecker St. in a heartbeat if allowed to do so.“I
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GLOVERSVILLE The Free Methodist Church of Gloversville has filed an Article 78 lawsuit in Fulton County Supreme Court seeking to annul the city’s denial of a permanent certificate of occupancy for a Code Blue homeless shelter at the former YWCA at 33 Bleecker St.
Named in the lawsuit are the Gloversville Zoning Board of Appeals, city building inspector David Fox and the city itself.
The suit was filed by attorney Benjamin McGuire of the Gloversville-based law firm Wood Seward, McGuire & Sacco, on behalf of Rev. Richard Wilkinson, leader of the Free Methodist Church of Gloversville, which owns 33 Bleecker St.