An ex-New York City principal who was fired in part because she was chronically late to work failed to file her appeal on time.

Marcella Sills had 10 days after she was dismissed on Jan. 22 following an administrative trial to file her petition challenging the ruling.

But a state Supreme Court judge in Manhattan determined this week Sills didn't get her paperwork in until April 19 - more than two months later.

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The New York Post reports Friday Sills was found to be late to work 178 times between September 2012 and January 2014.

The 16-year veteran was removed from her Queens school in 2014. The paper reports that Sills had argued principals don't have strict start and stop times.Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif. added an amendment restricting the administration from moving forward with its plan to shift export control of firearm sales from the State Department to the Commerce Department (File photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Among the many thorny issues Senate and House negotiators have to hash out as they negotiate a final annual defense policy bill this summer is whether to block the Trump administration from weakening regulations around the export of firearms.

The House version of the fiscal 2020 defense authorization measure contains a provision that would restrict the administration from moving forward with its plan to shift export control of firearm sales from the State Department to the Commerce Department.

Critics of the proposed change, who include the large majority of Democrats, anti-gun violence groups