Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Public Employment Relations Board which found that respondent City of Newburgh had not committed an improper employer practice.

Prior to January 1, 1995, respondent City of Newburgh in Orange County employed an animal control officer and an as*627sistant animal control officer; both positions were within petitioner’s collective bargaining unit. Effective December 31, 1994, the City Council eliminated the positions for budgetary reasons…