Social Service Employees Union, Local 371 v. City of New York

Saxe and Freedman, JJ.,

dissent in a memorandum by Freedman, J., as follows: I respectfully dissent and would affirm Supreme Court’s confirmation of the arbitrator’s award in this CPLR article 75 proceeding. I find that the award was rational and complied with this Court’s directions in its prior order in this matter (82 AD3d 644 [1st Dept 2011]).

The relevant facts are as follows: respondent Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), a New York City agency, employed grievant Bowana Robinson, a member of union petitioner, as an institutional aide at a DJJ facility from March 1988 until his…