How have the courts treated misconduct in the case of Beatty v. New York City School of Education?

Beatty v. City of New York, 148 AD3d 413, 413 [1st Dept 2017] ). The majority found the misconduct to be better classified as "lax bookkeeping than implementation of any venal scheme," since petitioner instructed other students on the dates in question and would have received the same salary regardless, demonstrating that she derived no financial benefit from her actions (id. at 414). The majority also noted petitioner's unblemished 17year record, positive testimony from her colleagues, and the mother's testimony that petitioner worked well with the child and served his needs more successfully than other teachers (id. at 414415).