LEG A L DIVISIONS
PHOTO: FDNY FIREHOUSE, ENGINE 277/LADDER 112
Defending Reassignment
of Poor Teachers
Division attorneys have successfully
litigated a series of cases brought by
former and current teachers challenging
their reassignment to administrative duties
pending determination of charges of
misconduct or incompetence. The teachers
claimed that their reassignments constituted
unlawful discipline without due process and
were intended to induce them to resign. The
courts have consistently ruled in the City’s
favor, ?nding that removing teachers charged
with misconduct or incompetence from
classrooms while awaiting the outcome of
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