Legal Opinion
Amato v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided May 12, 1986No. Motion No. M-34375PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerard M. Weisberg, J.
In his memorandum approving a 1979 amendment to the Education Law, then Governor Hugh L. Carey described the *1050Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) as being "unique among the State’s” community colleges. (Executive memorandum, "Community College Programs”, 1979 McKinney’s Session Laws of NY, at 1773.) Our research has disclosed that it is sui generis from a legal, as well as academic perspective. For a litigant, the jurisdictional channel leading to this institution is filled with hazards because of its hybrid nature.
On this motion for permission to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Santana v. New York State Thruway AuthorityNew York Court of Claims · 1977
- Gold v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Meyer v. WiessAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
- Weinstein v. CasoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Bicjan v. Hunter College of the City University of New YorkNew York Court of Claims · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Leitner v. Westchester Community CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2015
- Feingold v. HankinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- Jackson v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Carol Leitner v. Westchester Community CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2015