MATTER OF AMANWAH v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUC. OF THE CITY OF N.Y.

Index No. 159310/2017. Appeal No. 13035. Case No. 2019-4731.

191 A.D.3d 420 (2021)

137 N.Y.S.3d 697

2021 NY Slip Op 00615

In the Matter of Luckisha Amanwah, Appellant, v. Department of Education of the City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Lee Karlin Law Group, P.C., New York ( Stewart Lee Karlin , of counsel), for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Julie Steiner , of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Moulton, Shulman, JJ.


Petitioner failed to demonstrate that respondents' determination to discontinue her probationary position as assistant principal "`was for a constitutionally impermissible purpose, violative of a statute, or done in bad faith'" (Matter of Mendez v New York City Dept. of Educ., 28 N.Y.3d 993, 994 [2016]). As found by Supreme Court, petitioner's unsupported allegation that the discontinuance was in retaliation for her purported refusal...

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