RENSSELAER, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Rensselaer City officials passed a resolution that will allow them to file a complaint with the New York Attorney General’s Office to launch a probe into the alleged misuse of the former Rensselaer Volunteer Ambulance Service (RVAS) building by the mayor.

“The question is, who owns that building?” stated council president John DeFrancesco.

To which Rensselaer City Mayor Michael Stammel said, “There is a viable organization here. That's all that matters.”

The building on Third Street once housed the RVAS until 2011. DeFrancesco said it became unknown who the building belonged to. “There is no paperwork. We just want to see that this is legit. We have been told that it's none of our business,” said the council president.

But Stammel claims the RVAS are still

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