Sanctions for frivolous or baseless claims have been recommended against two attorneys who sued on behalf of New York City teachers banned to the infamous “rubber rooms” while disciplinary actions against them were pending.
In finding that Joy Hochstadt should be sanctioned $21,000 and Nicholas Penkovsky $7,000, Southern District Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck last week said he regretted that he could not force the two lawyers to pay the New York City Law Department for the time it spent responding to a fourth amended complaint that was riddled with flaws.
