Case Name: Ayube Hussein, as Parent of a Student in the Albany City School District, et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-06-26
Citations: 19 N.Y.3d 899
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ayube Hussein, as Parent of a Student in the Albany City School District, et al., Respondents, v State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 899–912

Head Matter:
[973 NE2d 752, 950 NYS2d 342]
Ayube Hussein, as Parent of a Student in the Albany City School District, et al., Respondents, v State of New York, Appellant.
Argued April 26, 2012;
decided June 26, 2012
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Denise A. Hartman, Barbara D. Underwood and Andrew D. Bing of counsel), for appellant.
Divine, Markovits & Snyder, L.L.P., Albany (Terence J. Devine of counsel), and The Biggerstaff Law Firm, L.L.P., Slingerlands (Robert E. Biggerstaff and Laura K. Biggerstaff of counsel), for respondents.
Richard E. Casagrande, Latham, and Elizabeth R. Schuster for New York State United Teachers, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed with costs and the certified question should be answered in the negative.
Plaintiffs' claims are neither moot nor unripe for review. The merits of the controversy are not before us.