Bryant v. Board of Education

OPINION OF THE COURT

Phillip R. Rumsey, J.

*707Petitioners commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to annul respondent’s determination to stop reimbursing its retirees for payment of Medicare Part B premiums. Petitioners, who are either retired teachers formerly employed by respondent Chenango Forks Central School District, or spouses of retired teachers, contend that respondent’s action violates a statutory moratorium against reducing the health insurance benefits of school district retirees, or the contributions made to obtain such benefits, in the absence of a similar decrease in…