Earlier, she had interviewed Dick Riley, a former press secretary to Edward I. Koch, and she was close to appointing him to the position.

Dick Riley, a spokesman for the union, said he was unfamiliar with the case.

Dick Riley, a spokesman for the union, said its role was only to confirm her employment by the school system and eligibility for discounted tuition.

"The union will make sure that all its members get a fair hearing, including those tried by press conference," said Dick Riley, a spokesman for the union.

"Since the mayor seems to be fixated on the failed strategy of individual merit pay, there are no new negotiations scheduled," said the spokesman, Dick Riley.

Dick Riley and I were convinced that, with smaller classes and extra attention from teachers, they could catch up.

By contrast, Dick Riley was doing far more good than harm.

Dick Riley, spokesman for the union, said last night that the two sides had not reached a settlement and would resume negotiations this morning.

"We have been playing with veiled faces, but we are out in the open now," said Dick Riley, a Prudential spokesman, in an interview yesterday.

"There was never anything secret about what was in these files," the spokesman, Dick Riley, said.