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Matter of Janet Wilson v Board of Education of Harborfields Central School District

In this Article 78 proceeding, Petitioner Janet Wilson sought to review a determination of the Board of Education of the Harborfields Central School District declining to extend her employment contract. Supreme Court granted her appeal which resulted in the Board pursuing an appeal.

Petitioner alleged that the meeting in which the Board passed their resolution declining to extend Petitioner’s employment contract had inadequate notice pursuant to the Open Meetings Law. The Court felt that even if there was a technical violation, Petitioner failed to establish good cause to annul the Board’s determination.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment, denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

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The New York State Department of Civil Service has a detailed Summary of Civil Service Law available. To find out more about civil service law, check out this PDF file: www.cs.state.ny.us/pio/publications/summofcsl.pdf.

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Andrea McNulty, a North Tonawanda Democrat decided to step down from her position following accusations that McNulty had violated a section of the public officer’s law which requires candidates to live in the districts that they represent. County Democrats first accused McNulty of violating this residency requirement back in May when they discovered through documents obtained under state Freedom of Information Law that McNulty’s husband owned a home in Pendleton. Though McNulty claimed to still reside at the North Tonawanda home, she announced that she would not seek re-election due to “many personal factors”. Democratic Party Chairman speculated that the resignation was more likely due to the fact that the committee was planning on filing an Article 78 proceeding to have McNulty’s legislative post vacated if she did not step down.

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