'That they didn't have to worry about federal laws or state laws or whatever. 'The Chautauqua Institution has acted from day one is if there wasn't any governmental constraints on what they wanted to do,' said Arthur Giacalone, Plaintiff's Attorney. 'We are not governed by the town of Chautauqua.' 'And that allows us to be exempt from municipality types of rules and regulations,' said George Murphy, Chautauqua Institution Chief Marketing Officer. Institution leaders say they did their own review and did not have to comply with the program because of their private, not for profit status. The committee says the Institution did not comply with the town's local waterfront revitalization program and state environmental review process. The judge halted construction last week after the preservation group and a handful of homeowners filed suit against the Institution and the Town of Chautauqua.

The Institution approved a plan in December to knock down the historic amphitheater and build a replacement.Ī local preservation group wants to protect the facility, which was built in 1893.īoth sides will present their case to a judge, who will decide whether to let the project move forward. Attorneys on both sides of Chautauqua Institution's controversial Amphitheater lawsuit are expected back in state supreme court Monday with both sides meeting to argue about the future of the reconstruction project.

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