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Rye Brook-Port Chester Firefighter Dispute Heads To Mediation

RYE, N.Y. -- The first mediation session between the villages of Rye Brook and Port Chester is set to begin Tuesday, Sept. 20, according to lohud.com.

Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla

Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla

Photo Credit: Anna Helhoski

The session, which is to be presided over by state Supreme Court Justice Alan Schienkman, aims to settle a dispute that arose between the two villages after Rye Brook officials filed a suit against Port Chester claiming Port Chester’s decision to lay off its paid firefighters earlier this year constituted a breach of contract, according to lohud.com.

Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla told lohud.com that the process and the village were “chugging along” during an Aug. 1 meeting of the village Board of Trustees, according to lohud.com, which reported that Pilla’s additional comments at the meeting included a statement about the wisdom of moving the suit to mediation.

Rye Brook’s lawsuit, which was filed in May, will proceed if no agreement is reached within the next two months, according to lohud.com.

Click here to read the lohud.com report.

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