Skaneateles Teachers Ass'n v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

By CPLR article 78 proceeding, the petitioner, the bargaining unit for certain employees of the respondent board of education (Board), seeks to annul as contrary to law a determination of the respondent Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) which, in effect, permitted the Board to unilaterally alter the composition of the bargaining unit during the statutory challenge period.

The Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act, popularly known as the Taylor Law (Civil Service Law, art 14), provides that a public employer may voluntarily recognize the existence of a bargaining unit for some or all of…