Melanie Cassens, one of the three Port Washington Water Pollution Control District commissioners, did not want her conflict with fellow commissioner Brandon Kurz over the district-owned Sunset Park to reach this point.

But, Cassens said in an interview Wednesday, Kurz has left her with no other choice.

Attorneys for Cassens and Arduino Marinelli, the third commissioner, filed a lawsuit in the state Supreme Court's appellate division to remove Kurz as a commissioner, "based on his misconduct, maladministration, malfeasance and malversation," according to the suit. The battle stems from what Cassens and Marinelli say is Kurz's conflict of interest as the former executive director of the Port Washington Police Athletic League, which stages its youth sports games at Sunset Park.

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