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MATTER OF THOMAS v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

100538/14, 203.

145 A.D.3d 30 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 06989

40 N.Y.S.3d 74

In the Matter of MICHAEL P. THOMAS, Respondent, and LETITIA JAMES, as Public Advocate for the City of New York, et al., Intervenors-Respondents, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION et al., Appellants.

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

Decided October 25, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Jane L. Gordon , Cecelia Chang and Richard Dearing of counsel), for appellants.

Michael P. Thomas, respondent pro se.

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York City ( Mark Ladov of counsel) and Advocates for Justice, New York City ( Laura D. Barbieri of counsel), for Letitia James and another, respondents.

David N. Grandwetter and Marvin Pope , New York City, for the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, amicus curiae.

SWEENY, J.P., RENWICK and MANZANET-DANIELS, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioner sought, inter alia, a declaration that School Leadership Teams (SLTs) at New York City public schools are "public bodies" whose meetings must be open to the general public pursuant to the Open Meetings Law (Public Officers Law art 7).1

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