
We encourage a proactive and preventative approach to promoting and maintaining a safe, productive and efficient environment for educating students and serving the school community. We offer a blend of expertise and practical advice resulting from years of hands-on business and operational management experience. We analyze and work to resolve both unique and routine challenges confronted by Boards of Education and administrators.

Our practice is dedicated exclusively to the representation of employers in all aspects of employment and labor relations law. This highly regulated environment demands representation based on strategic solutions tailored to the needs and objectives of each employer. We recognize the importance of both leadership and compliance in organizational success.
Mar 27th, 2026On Thursday, March 19, our Ferrara Fiorenza PC team came together for our firm-wide Day of Service with the Syracuse chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a local nonprofit dedicated to building and delivering beds to children ages 3–17 in need across the greater Syracuse and Oswego City area.
Mar 27th, 2026Effective January 20, 2026, Desha’s Law amends New York Education Law §2801-a (2) to require New York school districts to integrate a cardiac emergency response plan into their school safety plans.
Mar 27th, 2026Effective for the 2027-28 school year, school districts (and local governments) will need to provide a full property tax exemption to qualifying seriously disabled veterans. This change, resulting from a February 2026 amendment to Real Property Tax Law §458-a(11), makes the 100% real property tax exemption mandatory statewide without a local opt-in option.