Case Name: In the Matter of Rose Barone, Respondent, v. John C. Adams, as President of Hofstra College, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1964-03-02
Citations: 20 A.D.2d 790
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Rose Barone, Respondent, v. John C. Adams, as President of Hofstra College, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 790–790

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Rose Barone, Respondent, v. John C. Adams, as President of Hofstra College, et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
In a proceeding under article 78 of the former Civil Practice Act, to annul a determination of the president and faculty of Hofstra College, not to continue the petitioner as a lecturer, the college and its said officials appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated July 2, 1963, which (a) denied their motion to dismiss the petition; and (b) directed them to "afford petitioner a hearing in accordance with the statutes of Hofstra College ". The appeal was taken pursuant to the permission granted by order of the court, dated September 12, 1963. Order reversed on the law, without costs; motion to dismiss the petition granted, and petition dismissed in toto, without costs. No charges were presented against petitioner; she was not dismissed. She was concurrently serving as teacher in the New York City Public School System, and she may have had tenure in that system. Her compensation from Hofstra College, however, was merely additional compensation earned as lecturer, pursuant to contract, and without tenure. Upon termination of the contract the college officials did not offer to renew the contract. As they were entirely within their rights in so doing and as she had no tenure at Hofstra, a hearing with respect to their determination was unavailable to her. Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Kleinfeld, Christ and Rabin, JJ., concur. [39 Misc 2d 227.]