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ORDEREDthat theapplication ofpetitionersVeronica Montgornery-Costa,asPresident fLocal 372,DistrictCouncil'37,AFSCME, AFL-CIO,SheanicaDavis, as aisplacedSchoolAideand Parentofschool-aged hildren,MarilynRosado, eanette oto,

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KumarSingh,AustinNichols,Clairicineiriano,FannyMoscoso,Myra Munoz,.Luisadilla,

berto Guzman,EdwardPerez,onbehalfof themselvesand others similarlysituated),o the

t that heyseekapreliminary njunction, sgranted.Said njunctionshall emainnuntilthis Courtmakesa furtherdeterminationnthe cross-motionodismiss f

pondentshe Cityof NewYork, MichaelR.Bloomberg,asMayor of the Cityof New York,

Boardof Educationf the CitySchoolDistrict of the City ofNew York, dbahepartmentf Education,oel .Klein, asChancellorfthe City SchoolDistrictoftheCityofew York, SchoolProfessionalsgency, ndJames. Essey sPresident ndCEOofProfessionals gency;and t is furtherORDEREDhatpetitionershallposta bondno atet' hancloseof business ntober 8, 2009,n the amount f$779,000.00,epresentinghepotentialoss o theDOEm October6,2009untilNovember,2009,hedatehe espondents'ross-motionhq[l

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In the Matterof theApplicationof VERONICAMONTGOMERY-COSTA,sPresidentfLOCAL 372,DISTzuCT OUNCTL7,AFSCME,FL-CIO,SHEANICADAVIS,asadisplaced chool ideandParentof school-agedhildren,MARILYN ROSADO, EANETTESOTO,KUMARSINGH,AUSTINNICHOLS,CLAIRICINELIRIANO,FANNY MOSCOSO,MYRA MUNOZ,LUIS PADILLA, ROBERTOGUZMAN, EDWARD PEREZ,(onbehalfofthemselves ndothers imilarlysituated),

IndexNo.: 114374-2009Petitioners,For an Order and JudgmentPursuant o Article 78OftheCivilPracticeLaw and Rules.

-agatnst-THE CITY OF NEWYORK, MICHAELR. BLOOMBERG,asMayor of the City of New York, THEBOARD OFEDUCATIONOFTHE CITY SCHOOLDISTRICTOFTHECITY OF NEWYORK, dbaTHE DEPARTMENT FEDUCATION,OEL . KLEIN,asChancellorf theCitySchoolDistrictof the City ofNew York,SCHOOLPROFESSIONALSGENCY,andJAMESA. ESSEY sPresidentndCEOof Schoolsrofessionalsgency,

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MEMORANDUM DECISIONIn this"hybrid" Article 78proceedingandplenary action for declaratoryudgment,petitioners,comprisingSchool Aides" in P.S. 375 and .S.52 in Manhattan, ndheUnionPresidentof UnitedFederationof Teachers, ocal 372,AFT, AFL-CIO("Local372" or"IJnion")whichrepresentshem, challenge ayoffsof more han 500 SchoolAides by the BoardofEducationofthe City School District ofthe City of New York,dlblathe Department f

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Education"DOE'),which allegedly esulted nthe creationof a shadow lassofworkersperformingcivil service workin violation of the New York StateConstitution,Education Law,andundamentalrinciplesof equity.By order o showcause,etitionerseek,nter alia,toenjoinhe DOE from laying off theseSchoolAides.'IngrantingheInterimStay, his Courtconsideredtimportanthat beforesomeof themostvulnerableemployeesn the New YorkCity schoolsystemose heirobs,n the midst ofthervorsfecononrywelave seetindecades,the Colrt ensure hat badfaithplayeùno partin theDOE's determinationo lay off approximately00 SchoolAides, and hatsuch ayoffsdid notviolate, inter alia, theNew York StateConstitutionand EducationLaw 2590.Further,ngrantingthe stay,his Courtconsidered hat,if in fact,it is established hatthechildren nNew York City'spoorestneighborhoodsould bemost adverselympactedbytheDOE'sdeterminationo lay offapproximately00 SchoolAides, henhis Courtmust ensurethat badfaithplayednopartn DOE'sdeterminationo lay off theseSchoolAides,and hat suchlavoffsdid not violate. nteralia. the NewYork StateConstitutionandEducationLaw2590.Finally,ingrantingthe stay,his Courtconsidered hatat thispoint in time whenUniversalHealthCaredoesnotexist n this State,and hat heseaid-off SchoolAides facedalossof healthbenefits,his Court mustensure hatbad faithplayednopartn DOE'sdeterminationolay off theseSchoolAides, nd hat suchayoffs didnot violate,nter alia,the

'After oral argumentonthe issueofwhether heCourtshould ssuehe order o showcause, he Courtissuedan Interim Order,datedOctober15,2009,grantingatemporary tay of theeffectivedateofthe ayoffs. Thisdecisionaddresses hetherapreliminarynjunctionshouldssue.On October23,2009, respondentservedandrled heir opposítiono the OrderoShowCause, nd crossmovedo dismisshePetition.This decisiondoesnot addresshe argumentsaisedby the cross-motionsy DOE,SchoolProfessionalsgency andJamesA. Essey,which seeko dismiss he Petition, owhichpetitioners ad noopporfunifyo respond. Such ssues reeserved or furtherdetermination ponurther submissionsypetitioners.