MATTER OF CHILDS v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CITY SCH. DIST. OF CITY OF N.Y.

10160, 101688/17.

176 A.D.3d 560 (2019)

108 N.Y.S.3d 846

2019 NY Slip Op 07543

In the Matter of Euralee Childs, Appellant, v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided October 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giles Law Firm LLC, New York ( Joshua Parkhurst of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Acting Corporation Counsel, New York ( Ashley R. Garman of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Gische, Tom, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ.


The court did not apply an incorrect standard in determining the cross motion (see Matter of Swinton v Safir, 93 N.Y.2d 758, 762-763 [1999]). A probationary employee may be terminated without a hearing for any reason or no reason at all, as long as the dismissal was not unlawful or in bad faith (see e.g. Matter of Duncan v Kelly, 9 N.Y.3d 1024 [2008]). Here, petitioner alleged no facts to...

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