The appeal must be sustained in part. Hempstead School District No. 1 was created by a Special Act of the Legislature in 1863, which was recodified as Chapter 273 of the Laws of 1939.
Petitioners are residents of the district.
This appeal ensued. Petitioners' request for interim relief pending a determination on the merits of the appeal was denied on February 17, 1995. Petitioners allege various improprieties against respondent, including a failure to release testing information, violations of the Freedom of Information Law and Open Meetings Law, alleged conflicts of interest, improper hiring practices and adoption of the contingency budget. Petitioners also allege that the hiring of a public relations firm is not an ordinary contingent expense. Respondent contends that it properly adopted a contingency budget and did not commit the improprieties alleged by petitioner.