Case Name: In the Matter of Kevin Gee, Appellant, v. Board of Education of Rochester City School District et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-10-05
Citations: 99 A.D.3d 1260
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Kevin Gee, Appellant, v Board of Education of Rochester City School District et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 99
Pages: 1260–1261

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Kevin Gee, Appellant, v Board of Education of Rochester City School District et al., Respondents.
[951 NYS2d 689]

Opinion:
Memorandum: We conclude that, by accepting employment as a school instructor and entering into a collective bargaining agreement as a result of his membership in the union representing him, petitioner waived any right to be credited for seniority in the tenure area of teacher (see Matter of Dietz v Board of Educ. of Rochester City Sch. Dist., 98 AD3d 1251 [2012]; Matter of Wiener v Board of Educ. of E. Ramapo Cent. School Dist., 90 AD2d 832, 833 [1982], appeal dismissed 58 NY2d 1115 [1983]). Present — Scudder, P.J., Smith, Fahey, Lindley and Martoche, JJ.