Larry Rulison is reporting for the Times Union Charter Communications is asserting the July vote by the Public Service Commission that forced the company to come up with a plan to sell off its Spectrum cable TV and internet network imposed a "draconian penalty" on the company that was also "unprecedented and unlawful" and caused "irreparable" harm to the company. "The commission's actions are also unconstitutional," lawyers for Charter wrote in a filing made with the PSC last month that seeks to hold off the PSC's action against the company. Both sides are working on a compromise that could keep Charter in New York and end the ongoing feud over whether the company has been in compliance with the conditions of its 2016 acquisition of Time Warner Cable. The filing came at about the same time that Charter and staff at the PSC notified the commission that the two sides had put together a settlement framework. The biggest issue had been Charter's obligation to build out its high-speed broadband network in New York and how quickly and where the construction should take place. So far, Charter has not filed an exit plan outlining how it plans to sell the Spectrum network and wind down its operations in the state. The PSC has agreed to extend the deadline as the two sides held negotiations to reach a settlement. Read the full story in the Times Union.