Caso v. Coffey

This proceeding [instituted under CPLR articles 75 and 781 to vacate an award ("Award”) of a wage adjustment to the police of Nassau County rendered by an arbitration panel ("Panel”) on the grounds that (1) the *615Panel failed to adhere to the statutory standards prescribed by section 209 of the Civil Service Law, as amended in 1974, and (2) the impartiality of the tripartite Panel was fatally impaired because two of its members were neither neutral nor disinterested, poses issues which have become increasingly significant in the expanding public employment sector of our national economy.

Although…