MATTER OF PRISONERS' LABOR UNION AT BEDFORD HILLS v. HELSBY


44 A.D.2d 707 (1974)

In the Matter of The Prisoners' Labor Union at Bedford Hills (Women's Division) et al., Petitioners, v. Robert D. Helsby et al., Constituting the Members of The New York State Public Employment Relations Board, Respondents, and New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent-Intervenor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 22, 1974


Proceeding dismissed on the merits and determinations confirmed, on the law, without costs.

If there be merit in petitioners' claims of a right to organize and bargain collectively, it is for the Legislature so to determine. It is not the function of the courts to institute far-reaching reforms under the guise of constitutional interpretation. Any such attempt at piecemeal judicial legislation can create more problems than...

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