St. Pierre v. Board of Education

Cross appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Saratoga County, granting petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the CPLR, insofar as it sought a judgment declaring void the penalty deductions from their salaries made pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 210 of the Civil Service Law, which prohibits strikes by public employees and denied the application in all other respects.

On October 29, 1970 appellant John Connolly, Superintendent of Schools and chief executive officer of the appellant school district, sent a letter by certified…