Matter of New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, Inc. v. Governor's Office of Employee Relations

We recognize that this Court’s review in this matter is limited to ascertaining whether the determination rendered by respondent Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (hereinafter GOER) denying petitioner Thomas Tierney’s out-of-title work grievance was rational (see Matter of New York State Corr. Officers & Police Benevolent Assn., Inc. v Governor’s Off. of Empl. Relations, 105 AD3d 1192, 1193 [2013]), and we acknowledge that an administrative determination made by an entity “acting pursuant to its authority and within its area of expertise is entitled to judicial deference” (Matter of WL,…