Parent group files lawsuit against NY state for granting Cathie Black schools chancellor waiver

Parent group files lawsuit against NY state for granting Cathie Black schools chancellor waiver

BY RACHEL MONAHAN AND MEREDITH KOLODNER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 2:07 PM

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Cathie Black speaks to the media at City Hall in New York.

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A group of parents filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state for granting Cathie Black a waiver to become schools chancellor.

In an effort to block her appointment, the parents, assisted by civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, filed the petition in New York State Supreme Court and claim that state Education Commissioner David Steiner abused his authority and "acted unlawfully."

Mayor Bloomberg's pick for chancellor needed the waiver because she had no education experience.

Steiner wrongly granted the waiver by

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