Newark Valley Cardinal Bus Drivers v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lamont, J.), entered August 14, 2002 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Public Employment Relations Board holding that a certain proposed contract term was not the subject of mandatory collective bargaining.

Petitioner is the exclusive bargaining representative for the noninstructional employees of respondent Newark Valley Central School District (hereinafter the District). In April 2001, petitioner and the District met to…