"I believe that for the board to propose this amendment would violate the letter writer's fundamental rights," he said.

He also said the board was violating the spirit of the law by meeting so far from New York City.

Yet the board repeatedly has found reason to cite the owners for bargaining in bad faith and allegedly violating labor law.

Legal scholars also argue the boards violate the First Amendment.

He also said that the board of trustees had repeatedly violated open-meeting rules by holding closed sessions.

If a board violate the Constitution, you don't go to the Executive Branch.

The state's schools decentralization law of 1969 gives the chancellor broad powers over policy, which he said the board had violated with its intransigence.

It has contended that the board violated the state environmental review law by failing to consider the socioeconomic impact the store would have on the community.

In hiring those teachers, the Board of Education violated a new state requirement to hire only certified teachers at those schools.

A Federal court declared that the board violated the principle of one-person, one-vote, and the board went out of business last year.