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OLGA BATYREVA, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Respondent.

Respondent's cross motion was properly granted, where the record evidence, including seven unsatisfactory classroom observations of petitioner's classroom performance for the 2003-2004 school year, and four unsatisfactory observation reports for the 2004-2005 school year, establishes that the administrative decision to uphold petitioner's unsatisfactory reviews was not arbitrary, capricious or irrational ( see Matter of Chauvel v Nyquist, 43 NY2d 48, 52). We reject petitioner's claims that this matter should have been transferred to this Court for a substantial evidence determination, and that factual issues are raised by the incomplete tapes of her hearing before the Chancellor's Committee, as raised for the first time on appeal ( see District Council 37, Am. Fedn. of State, County Mun. Empls., AFL-CIO v City of New York, 22 AD3d 279, 284; Matter of Wallace v Environmental Control Bd. of City of N.Y. [Dept. of Consumer Affairs], 8 AD3d 78). Were we to review these claims, we would find that the petition should not have been transferred because it did not seek review of a determination made "as a result of a hearing held . . . pursuant to direction by law" (CPLR 7803). Nor has petitioner demonstrated that a full transcript of the hearing before the Chancellor's Committee, which was held in conformity with respondent's bylaws, was unavailable upon request.

We have considered petitioner's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.

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BATYREVA v. NEW YORK
(Apr 1, 2008)