City of Amsterdam v. Helsby

Harold R. Sodbít, J.

In this proceeding the plaintiff, City of Amsterdam, seeks a preliminary injunction to enjoin the defendants from the enforcement of chapters 724 and 725 of the Laws of 1974 which would compel plaintiff as a public employer to engage in final and binding compulsory arbitration with its employees in the Police and Fire Departments. Underlying this application for a preliminary injunction is an action for declaratory judgment instituted by plaintiff against defendants to declare the provisions of chapters 724 and 725 unconstitutional, null and void.

Specifically, City of…