N.Y. Education Law Section 2562
Presentation of claims against a board of education of a city having a population of four hundred thousand or more to be pleaded

1.

No action or special proceeding, for any cause whatever, shall be prosecuted or maintained against a board of education of a city having a population of four hundred thousand or more, unless it shall appear by and as an allegation in the complaint or necessary moving papers that at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which such action or special proceeding is founded were presented to the said board of education for adjustment, and that the officer or body having the power to adjust or pay said claim has neglected or refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.

2.

The said board of education may require any person presenting for settlement an account or claim for any cause whatever against it to be sworn before it or a committee thereof, or before the claims auditor or deputy claims auditor, or before any person designated by said board, touching such account or claim, and when so sworn, to answer orally as to any facts relative to the justness of such account or claim. A member of the board, the claims auditor, or any other person designated as hereinbefore stated, shall have the power to administer an oath to any person who shall give testimony to the justness of such account or claim, and for the purpose of securing such testimony may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses. Wilful false swearing before the said board of education, a committee thereof, the claims auditor or deputy claims auditor, or before any person designated as hereinbefore stated, is perjury and punishable as such.

Source: Section 2562 — Presentation of claims against a board of education of a city having a population of four hundred thousand or more to be pleaded, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/2562 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 6, 2025).

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Application of article 2551
Board of education corporate body 2552
Board of education 2553
Board of education 2554
Powers and duties of board of education 2554–A
Powers of boards of education to ban fraternities, sororities and other secret societies 2554–B
Special provisions relating to the city school district of the city of New York during emergency period 2554–C
Identification photos of senior high school, junior high school or intermediate school students in the city school district of the city o... 2555
Kindergartens, nursery and night schools 2556
Buildings, sites, et cetera 2557
Purchase and sale of real property 2559
Power of removal of member of board of education 2560
Liability of board of education and community school boards in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants 2561
Liability of certain officers and employees of boards of education in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants 2562
Presentation of claims against a board of education of a city having a population of four hundred thousand or more to be pleaded 2563
Meetings of board of education 2564
Local school board districts 2565
Superintendent of schools, associate superintendents, board of superintendents 2566
Powers and duties of superintendent of schools 2567
Protection of rights exercised under licenses issued by a board of education in a city having a population of one million or more 2568
Superintendent of schools authorized to require medical examination of certain employees of certain boards of education 2569
Appointment of teachers 2573
Appointment of assistant, district or other superintendents, teachers and other employees 2574
Assistant superintendents in a city having a population of one million or more 2575
Retirement of employees of board of education 2575–A
Transfer of certain board of education administrative employees’ to school clerical services of the board of education of the city of New... 2575–B
Transfer of attendance teachers and specially certificated attendance officers to the New York City teachers’ retirement system 2575–C
Transfer of the director of attendance, assistant director of attendance, chief attendance officer, division supervising attendance offic... 2575–D
Payment of benefits by board of education retirement system of the city of New York in cases where workmen’s compensation is or may be pa... 2575–E
Eligibility of retirees for membership in the board of education retirement system of the city of New York 2575–F
Transfer of employees represented by the united federation of teachers to the New York city teachers’ retirement system 2576
Annual estimate 2577
Annual financial report 2579
Payment of obligations 2580
Funds 2581
Certain corporate schools entitled to participate in funds of board of education of city of New York 2582
Trustees of corporate schools entitled to participate in funds of the board of education of the city of New York may convey to city of Ne... 2583
Certain schools to report as to moneys and attendance 2584
Bonds of employees 2585
Continuation in office of boards, bureaus, teachers, principals and other employees, et cetera 2586
Anniversary day as a holiday for pupils in the public schools of the borough of Brooklyn and in the borough of Queens, city of New York 2586–A
Diwali as a holiday in the public schools of the city of New York 2587
Tenure in fashion institute of technology 2588
Seniority, retention and displacement rights in connection with abolition of positions in city school districts of cities having more tha...
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