Judge continues stay of West Albany Rod & Gun Club appeal
A Supreme Court Justice decided to extend a temporary restraining order barring Colonie’s personnel chief, Michael Foley, from considering the appeals of two demoted highway supervisors for another ten days. The stay was first issued in December 2008 after the town sough to freeze the process arguing that the supervisors had already appealed their demotions and that Foley had a conflict of interest.
The Town Board demoted these two men in December 2008 and they subsequently appealed to Foley and commenced a lawsuit on the town in Supreme Court alleging that the public works commissioner and not the Town Board had the authority to discipline them. Originally, the supervisors received suspensions without pay for two months which the town then changed to demotions with pay cuts.
The judge wants to prevent Foley from taking any action regarding the appeals until after he has a chance to hear arguments on both the pending lawsuits.
