MTR OF CSEA v. NY STATE (UCS)

No. 908328-21.

73 Misc.3d 874 (2021)

157 N.Y.S.3d 675

2021 NY Slip Op 21283

In the Matter of CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC., LOCAL 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners, v. NEW YORK STATE (UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM), Respondent. NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, Necessary Party. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of DISTRICT COUNCIL 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 1070, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 2.)

Supreme Court, Albany County.

Decided October 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Civil Service Employees Association Counsel's Office, Albany ( Steven Klein of counsel), for Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, petitioner in the first above-entitled proceeding.

SCOA Office of General Counsel, Albany ( Richard E. Mulvaney of counsel), and The DeNigris Law Firm PLLC, Albany ( Stephen G. DeNigris of counsel), for New York Supreme Court Officers Association, ILA, Local 2013, AFL-CIO, petitioner in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Pat Bonanno & Associates, P.C., White Plains ( Pat Bonanno of counsel), for New York State Court Officers Association, petitioner in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Davis & Ferber, LLP, Islandia ( Alex Kaminski of counsel), for Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County, petitioner in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Clifton Budd & Demaria LLP, New York City ( Douglas Catalano and Stefanie Munsky of counsel), for The Association of Surrogate's and Supreme Court Reporters within the City of New York, petitioner in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Archer, Byington, Glennon & Levine, LLP, New York City ( Paul Brown of counsel), for Suffolk County Court Employees Association, Inc., petitioner in the first above-entitled proceeding.

District Council 37 Legal Department Office, New York City ( Michael Coviello of counsel), for District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Local 1070, petitioner in the second above-entitled proceeding.

New York State Public Employment Relations Board Counsel's Office, Albany ( Michael Thomas Fois and Ellen M. Mitchell of counsel), for New York State Public Employment Relations Board, necessary party in the first above-entitled proceeding and respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City ( Gregory F. Laufer , Michael E. Gertzman , Bruce Birenboim , Liza M. Velazquez , Jonathan Hurwitz and Amy L. Barton of counsel), for New York State (Unified Court System), respondent in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.


OPINION OF THE COURT

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