Lawsuit filed to stop Hazel Street extension

YOUNGSTOWN — The owner of a downtown business has filed a civil lawsuit asking a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge to block the city’s plans for a northward extension of Hazel Street.

On Monday, James Villani, owner of Pig Iron Press, 26 N. Phelps St., filed the complaint against the city. Villani’s complaint seeks a preliminary injunction from a judge to halt the street extension project and a jury trial on the merits of the issue.

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