Pfau v. Public Employment Relations Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

Eugene P. Devine, J.

Petitioner Ann Pfau, as Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts of the Unified Court System of the State of New York (UCS), challenges respondent New York State Public Employment Relations Board’s (PERB) May 20, 2008 determination of an improper practice charge filed against petitioner by intervenor-respondent District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (Council 37).

In its improper practice charge, Council 37 claimed that petitioner’s refusal to comply with Council 37’s document demands in a disciplinary proceeding against one of Council 37’s members violated…