In re the Arbitration between Leombruno

— Yesawich, Jr., J.

In August of 1981, in accordance with the grievance and arbitration procedure set out in the applicable collective bargaining agreement, petitioner Richard J. Leombruno, Sr. (hereinafter petitioner), a fire fighter employed by respondent, filed a grievance charging respondent with wrongfully withholding payments due him under General Municipal Law § 207-a for service-related injuries. At the arbitration hearing held July 13, 1982, the parties entered into a stipulation as to the various issues to be determined by the arbitrator. If the arbitrator found that petitioner had…