Case Name: In the Matter of Lorraine Castle, Appellant, v. Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Putnam and Westchester Counties et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-02-07
Citations: 269 A.D.2d 394
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Lorraine Castle, Appellant, v Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Putnam and Westchester Counties et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 394–394

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Lorraine Castle, Appellant, v Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Putnam and Westchester Counties et al., Respondents.
[703 NYS2d 203]

Opinion:
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel the respondents to pay her salary, retirement contributions, seniority, and all other benefits and emoluments of employment for the period of September 2, 1997, through October 14, 1997, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Fredman, J.), entered November 17, 1998, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner contends that, in the aggregate, the work done by the two per diem school psychologists hired by component school districts would have provided her with a full-time position to which she was entitled. We agree with the Supreme Court that, under the circumstances, no "vacancy" existed within the meaning of Education Law § 3013 (3) which entitled the petitioner to be recalled (see, Matter of Zurlo v Ambach, 75 AD2d 662, affd 53 NY2d 1035). Joy, J. P., Altman, Goldstein and Schmidt, JJ., concur.