Legal Opinion
City of New York v. Uniformed Fire Officers Ass'n
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 2000PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wesley, J.
The issue we must address today is whether public policy bars arbitration of this dispute over whether the employee rights provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) can be invoked to limit or restrict the procedures of criminal investigations commenced by the New York City Department of Investigation (DOI). We conclude that it does.
In February 1996, DOI subpoenaed several firefighters as part of criminal investigations it was conducting. One investigation concerned an attempt by a firefighter to obtain higher pension benefits by fraudulently claiming…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- In re the Arbitration between Sprinzen & NombergNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- In re the Arbitration between the Acting Superintendent of Schools of Liverpool Central School District v. United Liverpool Faculty Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Cohoes City School District v. Cohoes Teachers Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Ass'n v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- In Re the Arbitration Between Board of Education of Watertown City School District & Watertown Education Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- City of Long Beach v. Civil Service Employees Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- Lynch v. BenjaminAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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