Central School District No. 2 v. New York State Teacher's Retirement System

Chief Judge Fuux

This appeal poses important and far-reaching questions as to the administration of the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System. More particularly, it concerns the power of the System’s Retirement Board to take certain factors into account in computing and fixing the rates of employers’ contributions.

The petitioners are local school districts which initiated this proceeding, pursuant to article 78 of the CPLR, on behalf of the more than 800 such districts which participate in the system. Their petition, containing five separate counts, challenges as excessive the rates of…