Legal Opinion
Goddard v. City University of New York (CUNY), Hunter College
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 23, 2015Published
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), entered December 19, 2013, denying the petition to annul respondent’s determination, dated February 18, 2013, not to reappoint petitioner as an assistant professor, and dismissing the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The collective bargaining agreement governing petitioner’s employment provides for a three-step grievance and arbitration procedure; petitioner’s failure to avail herself of this procedure precludes her from seeking relief under article 78 (CPLR 7801 [1];…
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