Matter of Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free Sch. Dist. (Ostempowski)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided June 5, 2026·No. 435 CA 25-01410·Published

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Matter of Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free Sch. Dist. (Ostempowski) - 2026 NY Slip Op 03586
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Matter of Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free Sch. Dist. (Ostempowski)

2026 NY Slip Op 03586

June 5, 2026

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

CHEEKTOWAGA-SLOAN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, AND

v

MARK OSTEMPOWSKI, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Decided on June 5, 2026

435 CA 25-01410

Present: Whalen, P.J., Bannister, Greenwood, Nowak, And Hannah, JJ.

HORTON LAW PLLC, ORCHARD PARK (SCOTT P. HORTON OF COUNSEL), AND BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.

ROBERT T. REILLY, WILLIAMSVILLE (JENNA S. BURKE OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Emilio Colaiacovo, J.), entered February 7, 2025. The order denied the petition to vacate an arbitration opinion and award.

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It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: June 5, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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