Piazza v. Ambach

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Education, which directed that petitioner be suspended without pay for one school year. Petitioner, a 12-year tenured mathematics school teacher, was charged with incompetence and insubordination detailed in 23 specifications. Following a hearing pursuant to section 3020-a of the Education Law, the panel found petitioner innocent of certain charges, but guilty of failing to maintain class discipline, failure…