Court denies Woodstock’s motion to dismiss police officer Philip Sinagra’s lawsuit against town

Court denies Woodstock’s motion to dismiss police officer Philip Sinagra’s lawsuit against town

Embattled Woodstock part-time police officer Philip Sinagra will have his day in court despite a petition by town officials to have his lawsuit against them dismissed. In seeking to have Sinagra’s claims dismissed, the town argued that Sinagra’s disciplinary hearing “is the proper venue to raise his statute of limitations defense.” But, in a three-page decision handed down on May 22, Ulster County Supreme Court Judge David M. Gandin sided with S…