In re the Arbitration between Schenectady Police Benevolent Ass'n

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Caruso, J.), entered July 10, 1995 in Schenectady County, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7510 to confirm an arbitration award.

Petitioner and respondent are parties to a collective bargaining agreement containing grievance and arbitration procedures for resolution of disputes between them. In 1994, respondent’s police department decided to "abolish” the position of "investigator” and replace it with the competitive classification of "detective”. At the time that determination was made, and for…