MATTER OF TOWN OF WALLKILL v. CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC. (LOCAL 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, TOWN OF WALLKILL POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIT, ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL 836)

No. 180.

19 N.Y.3d 1066 (2012)

In the Matter of TOWN OF WALLKILL, Respondent, v. CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC. (LOCAL 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, TOWN OF WALLKILL POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIT, ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL 836), et al., Respondents, and TOWN OF WALLKILL POLICE OFFICERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of John K. Grant, P.C., Newburgh ( John M. Crotty and John K. Grant of counsel), for appellant.

Tarshis, Catania, Liberth, Mahon & Milligram, PLLC, Newburgh ( Joseph G. McKay of counsel), for Town of Wallkill, respondent.

David P. Quinn , Albany, for New York State Public Employment Relations Board, amicus curiae.

Ennio J. Corsi , General Counsel, Albany, and Christine Caputo Granich , for New York State Law Enforcement Officers Union, Council 82, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Since 1995, a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) has been in place between the Town of Wallkill (the Town) and the Town of Wallkill Police Officers' Benevolent Association, Inc. (Wallkill PBA). Pursuant to the CBA, police officers subject to discipline by the Town have the right to a hearing before a neutral arbitrator. In 2007, however, the Town...

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