N.Y. Education Law § 2561: Liability of certain officers and employees of boards of education 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. If, in order to furnish needy children or minors with

food, shoes, clothing, and other necessities to enable them to attend

school as contemplated by law and to benefit from instruction, the board

of education of a city having a population of one million or more shall

have required, imposed or permitted, the performance of duties by any of

its officers and employees, because of which it became necessary or

expedient for any such officer or employee to act for the board of

education, or to act for or in cooperation with any other agency of

government, federal, state or municipal, then irrespective of the fact

that the authority to require, impose or permit the performance of such

duties may not have been specifically conferred upon said board of

education by provisions of this chapter, each such board of education

shall be liable for and shall assume liability to the extent that it

shall save harmless any such officers or employees for damages arising

out of the negligence of any such officer or employee prior to April

fifteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-seven, while actually engaged in the

performance of such required or permitted duties, provided the officer

or employee at the time was acting within the scope of his duties or

employment.