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 ยง 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.
[*1]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