N.Y. Educ. Law § 306

§ 306. Removal of school officers; withholding public money. 1.\nWhenever it shall be proved to his satisfaction that any trustee, member\nof a board of education, clerk, collector, treasurer, district\nsuperintendent, superintendent of schools or other school officer is a\nmember of an organization listed as subversive by the board of regents\npursuant to the provisions of section three thousand twenty-two of this\nchapter, or has been guilty of any wilful violation or neglect of duty\nunder this chapter, or any other act pertaining to common schools or\nother educational institution participating in state funds, or wilfully\ndisobeying any decision, order, rule or regulation of the regents or of\nthe commissioner of education, said commissioner, after a hearing at\nwhich the school officer shall have the right of representation by\ncounsel, may, by an order under his hand and seal, which order shall be\nrecorded in his office, remove such school officer from his office.\n 2. Said commissioner of education may also withhold from any district\nor city its share of the public money of the state for wilfully\ndisobeying any provision of law or any decision, order or regulation as\naforesaid.\n