MANHATTAN — A state appeals court threw out a
suit brought by the United Federation of Teachers and NAACP
alleging the city
misused funds allocated specifically to reduce class size.
Each of these
suits involves a complex web of legal issues and accusations — one involving an
alleged failure to follow adverse action notification protocol that resulted in an expunged criminal record being used against a prospective employee; another revolves around the
alleged misuse of background screening disclosure and authorization forms and reporting of background information that is not legal for a background check company to report (resulting in adverse action against a hopeful applicant); and the third was news of a $ 18.6 M settlement over the use of unverified criminal database research.