Police Benevolent Ass'n of the City of Yonkers, Inc. v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the determination of the Public Employment Relations Board reinstated.

While we do not agree with appellant’s contention that union complicity may be presumed upon a mere showing that a significant number of union members have engaged in a strike, we believe that the statements of union leaders herein, combined with the fact of the strike itself and the other evidence adduced at the hearing provide substantial evidence from which a rational fact finder could infer that respondent caused,…