News 12 Co. v. Hempstead Public Schools Board of Education

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jeffrey S. Brown, J.

Petitioners, News 12 Company and Newsday LLC, seek a judgment, pursuant to CPLR article 78, 3001, article 7 of the Public Officers Law, Education Law § 414 (1) (c), the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and article I, § 8 of the New York State Constitution, declaring that respondents, Hempstead Public Schools Board of Education and Susan Johnson, acted contrary to law and in an arbitrary and capricious manner by excluding petitioners’ reporters’ cameras from their public meeting on July 20, 2015; preliminarily and permanently enjoining…