Matter of the Application of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Buffalo for the removal of Carl Paladino as a member of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Buffalo
Matter of the Application of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Buffalo for the removal of Carl Paladino as a member of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Buffalo
Decisions of the Commissioner of Education, Decision No. 17,147
The Commissioner concluded that Carl Paladino should be removed as a member of the Board of Education as "[t]he record demonstrates that [Paladino] disclosed confidential information regarding collective negotiations under the Taylor Law which he gained in the course of his participation as a board member in executive session, and that his disclosures constituted a wilful violation of law warranting his removal from office pursuant to Education Law §§306 and 2559...."
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