Legal Opinion
Opn. No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided July 7, 2005Published
1Opinion of the Court
Kristine Amodeo Lanchantin Informal Opinion Girvin Ferlazzo, P.C. No. 2005-16 20 Corporate Woods Blvd. Albany, New York 12211
Dear Ms. Amodeo Lanchantin:
Your firm, as counsel to the Mechanicville City School District, has asked whether a member of the board of education may continue in that position if elected as "city supervisor" for the City of Mechanicville to represent the city on the county board of supervisors. You are specifically concerned with Education Law §2502(7), which provides that "no person shall hold at the same time the office of member of the board of education and any…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lane v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- People Ex Rel. Clancy v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Baldwin v. City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Salducco v. EtkinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Twin City Service Station, Inc. v. City of North TonawandaNew York Supreme Court · 1937