Reform Education Financing Inequities Today v. Cuomo

OPINION OF THE COURT

Robert Roberto, Jr., J.

Almost nine years after the Court of Appeals rendered its landmark decision in Board of Educ. v Nyquist (57 NY2d 27), the courts are once again asked to determine the constitutionality of our State school funding system. This case presents one of the most challenging issues, perhaps more important *715and more fundamental to the future of our State than any other. Education is paramount in preparing our children to function in society as citizens and workers.

Plaintiffs in this action are R.E.F.I.T., a not-for-profit membership organization, suing both…