James v. City of New York

OPINION OF'THE COURT

Alice Schlesinger, J.

Before this court is a plea to help children, disabled children who attend public schools in District 75 in all the five boroughs of the City. The help petitioners are requesting is relatively straightforward. As articulated by one of them, Catherine Boward-Simone, mother of a 10-year-old autistic child, R.S.,* in the last paragraph of her affidavit of August 17, 2015:

“On behalf of my child and others, I ask the Court to order the Department of Education to immediately provide air conditioning and a safe bus ride to and from school for my child and…