Local 342 v. Helsby

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Public Employment Relations Board of the State of New York, which dismissed petitioner’s application for certification as the exclusive negotiating representative of the full-time blue collar employees of the Town of Smithtown. Since the enactment of the Taylor Law in 1967, agreements have been negotiated between the Town of Smithtown and the Suffolk County Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Assqciation (CSEA) on behalf…