Rodman v. Lofaso

In this article 78 proceeding, petitioner, a qualified voter and taxpayer in Union Free School District No. 21, Town of Oyster Bay, claiming that the trustees are violating the duty specifically enjoined upon them by section 1718 of the Education Law, seeks to review their action in over-expending the amount provided in the budget for “ legal services.” As adopted, the budget figure for .such services was $1,100. Legal .services are included in the budget under the heading 1 ‘ G-eneral Control— Code 2.5 ’ Code 2 of the budget was adopted by the voters on June 16, 1959 without discussion and…