Education Law § 2590-o · Article 52-A. New York City Community School District System
Neutrality of school employees in community board elections
Text — Law content up to date as of October 2, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 2590-o. Neutrality of school employees in community board elections. 1. In their official capacities during school hours all school, community district and city district employees shall maintain a posture of complete neutrality with respect to elections of candidates for community board. No school, community district or city district facilities or supplies shall be used on behalf of any candidate.
2. The city board shall have the authority and responsibility with regard to the investigation and trial of employees against whom violations of this section are charged. Wilful violations of this section shall constitute cause for removal from office or termination of employment.
3. The city board shall adopt regulations to achieve the purposes of this section.
* NB There are 2 § 2590-o's
Source of truth
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- Law content up to date as of October 2, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/EDN2590-O%2A2
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- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
- The Senate's note "There are 2 § 2590-o's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
- The Legislature enacted more than one section numbered 2590-o; this is number 2 as the Senate prints them.
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