"Our lawyer felt it was a waste of time and money to sit down with them when there's a new administration coming in that we could probably settle a contract with," says PBA President Dominick Nitti.
Utica Mayor David Roefaro, who is not seeking reelection, says it doesn't matter who is sitting in his office come January 1.
"The bottom line is I will not budge from the zero. It has to be a zero, but a zero isn't a zero if you have what they call a change of language. If you change language and language equates to dollars and cents in the long run, then you didn't achieve your zero," says Roefaro.
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