Legal Opinion
City of Watertown v. State of New York Public Employment Relations Board
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 2000PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Under General Municipal Law section 207-c, disabled police officers who suffer injury or illness in the course of employment may continue to receive their salary, but the City has the right to conduct their medical examinations, prescribe treatment and order them back to work — for full or light duty — if it deems them capable. As we held in Matter of Schenectady Police Benevolent Assn. v New York State Pub. Empl. Relations Bd. (85 NY2d 480), the City’s authority under section 207-c to make initial determinations as to these matters is not a mandatory…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cohoes City School District v. Cohoes Teachers Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Uniform Firefighters of Cohoes v. City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- Port Jefferson Station Teachers Ass'n v. Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Board of Education of City School District v. New York State Public Employment Relations BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Burke v. BowenNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Uniform Firefighters of Cohoes v. City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n of City of New York, Inc. v. New York State Public Employment Relations BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
- MATTER OF PARK v. KapicaNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- New York City Transit Authority v. New York State Public Employment Relations BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 2012
- Lippman v. Public Employment Relations BoardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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