From today’s Recorder (here):

Members of the Greater Amsterdam School Board of Education were all set to close out a sale of a building on Guy Park Avenue this week – until they found out the district doesn’t own the whole property.

I think this presents an interesting challenge as far as the recent vote on the proposition for the sale of 300 Guy Park Ave given the following:

1) The real estate listing did include the lot as included in the property being sold

2) Voters voted were presented with information– now known to be incorrect– that the property included the building plus the adjacent lot

Given the above, I’m curious to know the following:

1) If a proposition gets passed and then the proposition is deemed illegal (you can’t sell someone else’s property), does that render the vote null and void?

2) If the city passes title to school district as suggested in the article, does the school district then have to resubmit the transfer to the buyer via another public vote?

3) Is the school district required to solicit bids for the lot before selling to the same buyer?

4) Is the school district required to relist the property as the first listing misstated the ownership of the property?

I think there are some additional nuances to the questions above generating even more questions so I’ll be interested to see how this plays out.