WNYC
“A Staten Island judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over teacher tenure and other job protections.
The union, the city and the state all argued that the case was moot because the state legislature changed the teacher evaluation system last spring. It also made it harder for teachers to achieve tenure.
But State Supreme Court Judge Philip Minardo said the legislature’s “marginal changes affecting, e.g., the term of probation and/or the disciplinary proceedings applicable to teachers, are insufficient” grounds for dismissal.”