By Jennifer Glickel
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — The United Federation of Teachers has appealed a ruling made on Monday that the city's Department of Education can release performance rankings for 12,000 public school teachers along with their names, according to court documents.
The NYC Law Department, speaking on behalf of the DOE, said that the ratings will not be made public while the appellate court decides the UFT's stay application.
"The Court has affirmed the City’s belief that the public has a right to this information under New York’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)," Jesse Levine, senior counsel for the City, said in a statement on Monday.
"Since the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has advised us that it intends to appeal and seek a stay of Justice Kern's order, we will not oppose the application, and will await the Appellate Division's determination."