In Perez v. City of New York, 9 Misc 3d 934, 935, 804 N.Y.S.2d 632 [Sup Ct, Bronx County 2005], revd on other grounds 41 AD3d 378, 837 N.Y.S.2d 571 [1st Dept 2007], the Court, noting that the amendments had not eliminated the BOE's existence, or all of its functions, reiterated that: "It is a cardinal principle of statutory interpretation that the intention to change a long-established rule or principle is not to be imputed to the legislature in the absence of a clear manifestation" (Perez, 41 AD3d at 379).