Case Name: In the Matter of Dione Goldin, Appellant, v. Board of Education of Wappingers Central School District, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-06-16
Citations: 306 A.D.2d 410
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Dione Goldin, Appellant, v Board of Education of Wappingers Central School District, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 306
Pages: 410–410

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Dione Goldin, Appellant, v Board of Education of Wappingers Central School District, Respondent.
[761 NYS2d 282]

Opinion:
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to review a determination of the Board of Education of Wappingers Central School District dated March 18, 2002, which approved a redistricting plan regarding elementary schools in the Wappingers Central School District, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Dillon, J.), dated June 7, 2002, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner lacked standing to challenge any of the actions which allegedly violated the Open Meetings Law, including the respondent's determination to redistrict the students (see Public Officers Law § 107 [1]). In any event, the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the respondent violated this statute. There is no merit to the petitioner's claim that the respondent violated the Freedom of Information Law (see Public Officers Law § 84-90). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding. Feuerstein, J.P., Friedmann, Luciano and Townes, JJ., concur.