Professional Staff Congress-City University v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sullivan, J.

Petitioner Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC) is the certified collective bargaining representative of approximately 17,000 instructional and administrative employees of the City University of New York (CUNY). Respondent New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) is the agency charged with administering the New York Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act (Civil Service Law § 200 et seq. [the Taylor Law]). In March 1972, prior to the October 1973 execution of the first collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between PSC and…