Herald Co. v. School District

OPINION OF THE COURT

Parker J. Stone, J.

The petitioner, Herald Company, has commenced a CPLR article 78 proceeding against the respondents for a judgment *638annulling respondents’ determination denying disclosure of the name of the tenured teacher and the charges placed against the teacher by the respondent, School District of the City of Syracuse (School District). The petition in substance alleges that the petitioner publishes the Syracuse Herald-Journal, an evening newspaper of general circulation in central New York, and employs one Jean Bednarski as a reporter of educational news. The…