Matter of Police Benevolent Assn. of N.Y. State, Inc. v. State of New York

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hard, J.), entered November 5, 2015 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition.

Petitioner is the exclusive bargaining representative for individuals employed as a university police officer (hereinafter UPO) by respondent State University of New York (hereinafter SUNY). In March 2015, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding on behalf of six UPOs seeking, among other things, an order annulling the temporary part-time appointment of respondent Brian Walsh as a…