Schenectady Police Benevolent Ass'n v. City of Schenectady

On December 5, 1988, it was reported that $10,000 was missing from the files of the Vice and Intelligence Unit of respondent’s police department. Upon learning that respondent intended to require two police officers to submit to *850polygraph examinations,* petitioner filed an improper practice charge with the State Public Employment Relations Board (hereinafter PERB), alleging that respondent’s intent to unilaterally impose polygraph testing was violative of Civil Service Law § 209-a (1) (e) as an improper practice.

Before this charge was heard, petitioner initiated the instant CPLR article 78…