SANTIAGO v. UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 2, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO


39 A.D.3d 284 (2007)

833 N.Y.S.2d 80

MANUEL SANTIAGO, Appellant, v. UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 2, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO, Defendant, and LYNNE WINDERBAUM, Respondent.

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

Decided April 10, 2007.


The action involves two allegedly libelous articles that were published in a teachers' union newsletter and written by defendant, a teacher and union representative at the same high school where plaintiff was an assistant principal. The articles criticized plaintiff's handling of certain disciplinary and school safety issues, and accused him of violating Chancellor's Regulation C-175, which governs "per session" pay and prohibits payment for work that is part of a pedagogue...

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