MATTER OF PRINCIPE v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Nos. 6289, 116031/09.

94 A.D.3d 431 (2012)

941 N.Y.S.2d 574

2012 NY Slip Op 2560

In the Matter of PETER PRINCIPE, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 5, 2012.


Petitioner Peter Principe was the dean of discipline of a middle school located in East New York, where many of the students belong to criminal gangs. This proceeding arose from two incidents that occurred between petitioner and several students in 2007.

The first incident occurred on April 20, 2007. The Hearing Officer found that petitioner placed MT, an 11-year-old student, in a headlock and swung him around. At the hearing, petitioner denied placing MT in a headlock...

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