A Brooklyn father has launched the first legal battle against Cathie Black's appointment as new Schools Chancellor..I don't want to get ahead of things here, but wouldn't it be interesting if the judge finds the waiver should be annulled because Steiner didn't follow the law in granting it?
Eric Snyder is a lawyer with two kids in the public school system. In his lawsuit, he says the waiver granted to Black by State Education Commissioner David Steiner was illegal because the law states the chancellor must have a master's degree.
Black needed the waiver because she has no educational background.
"I started with the commissioner and the New York State Education Department
and then went up until it hit the top which was the Board of Regents because I wanted to make sure I didn't leave anyone out," Snyder said.
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Snyder, a lawyer who usually handles creditors’ rights and bankruptcy reorganizations, was also one of the plaintiffs in an unsuccessful lawsuit that tried to stop Mayor Michael Bloomberg from seeking a third term.
The education department and the mayor's office both declined comment, citing pending litigation.
A Supreme Court judge will hold a hearing on the suit in Albany on December 23.
Black is slated to take office on January 3rd
What do you think Bloomberg would do then?
He would change the law, of course. Don't you follow history?
ReplyDeleteMaybe he would get the University of Phoenix to confer an honorary Master's onto Ms. Black?
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