Board of Education of City School District v. Buffalo Teachers Federation, Inc.

*401OPINION OF THE COURT

John P. Lane, J.

In June 2001, petitioner Board of Education mailed letters to a number of temporary teachers indicating that their employment would continue in the 2001-2002 school year. According to respondent, these letters disqualified the recipients from unemployment insurance benefits during the summer recess. When classes opened on September 5, 2001, some of the temporary teachers who had received the letters had not been reappointed for the 2001-2002 school year. On November 1, 2001 respondent filed a grievance alleging that petitioner had incorrectly sent letters…