City of New Rochelle v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

In January 2006, petitioner entered into a written agreement with the SOA allowing sergeants and lieutenants to work special duty details — assignments that, according to the PBA, previously had been performed exclusively by its members. As a result, the PBA again filed an improper practice charge against petitioner alleging a violation of Civil Service Law § 209-a (1) (d). Petitioner denied the allegations and asserted, among other things, that the improper practice charge had its genesis in a contractual dispute (based upon a violation of the 2004 stipulation of settlement) and, hence, PERB…