Board of Education v. Board of Regents

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Malone, Jr., J.), entered September 5, 2001 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York issuing a charter to respondent Riverhead Charter School.

In September 2000, respondent Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York (hereinafter the Board of Regents) received an application from a group of individuals from the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, seeking to establish a…