Board of Education v. Fernandez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Balletta, J.

This appeal raises the issue as to whether the defendant Chancellor of the City School District of the City of New York, Joseph A. Fernandez (hereinafter the Chancellor), exceeded his authority when he promulgated certain city-wide procedures relating to the hiring of community school superintendents, which he set out in Special Circular Number 37. This Court finds that he did not. Therefore, the judgment is reversed and it is declared that Special Circular Number 37 is a valid exercise of the Chancellor’s authority.

In January 1990 the Chancellor, assertedly…