Dipizio

Lawsuit Involving Downtown Ice Rink Becomes “hot Potato” at Federal Court

Rosanne DiPizio filed a federal lawsuit in July 2015, accusing state development officials of racketeering. She claimed that state officials illegally terminated her construction company’s $19.8 million contract to build the ice rink at Canalside and then arranged to have the contract turned over to a politically-connected Rochester company. So far, federal judges have handled the case like a …