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Grand Island volunteers ask town for legal representation amid internal fire-company dispute
Summary
Two longtime Grand Island volunteer firefighters told the town board they have been targeted in internal disciplinary actions and asked the board to provide legal representation under New York General Municipal Law 205‑g; the board referred the matter for further consideration and cited a legal opinion.
Two longtime volunteers in the Grand Island Fire Company told the Grand Island Town Board that they have been targeted in internal disciplinary proceedings and asked the town to provide legal representation under New York General Municipal Law 205‑g.
At the June town board meeting, a lifelong Grand Island resident and 29-year member of the Grand Island Fire Company, who identified himself as a certified New York State paramedic, said he was suspended after being accused of sharing charging documents and sought town counsel under 205‑g, the statute that covers legal representation for volunteer firefighters. “I'm here this evening to respectfully request legal…
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