Petrella v. Siegel

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

*848Under the New York City school decentralization plan, a community superintendent is the "superintendent of schools” of a community school district of the parent City of New York school system (see, Education Law § 2590-a [6]). In addition to the express obligation to comply with all applicable provisions of law, community school superintendents have the same powers and duties with respect to the schools under their community board’s jurisdiction as did the superintendent of schools of a city…