Helsby v. Board of Education of the City School District

This article 78 proceeding involves an interpretation of article 14 of the Civil Service Law (Taylor Law) as it affects summer school teachers.

On November 7,1968, the Poughkeepsie Area Summer School Teachers’ Association filed with the petitioners a petition for certification as exclusive negotiating unit for summer school teachers, librarians, supervisors and summer school principal. The respondent had previously declined recognition to this association. On February 7, 1969, a hearing was held before the trial examiner designated by the Public Employment Relations Board, at which the…