Board of Education of City School District of City of Rome v. Ambach

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Conway, J.), entered November 30, 1984 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Education dismissing a disciplinary charge filed against respondent Samuel J. Polizzi.

In 1979, respondent Samuel J. Polizzi became a tenured teacher of secondary mathematics in the Rome City School District. His failure to obtain permanent certification by September 1981 prompted petitioner to initiate proceedings in…