City of Long Beach v. Civil Service Employees Ass'n

8 N.Y.3d 465 (2007)

867 N.E.2d 389

835 N.Y.S.2d 538

In the Matter of CITY OF LONG BEACH, Respondent,

v.

CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.

LONG BEACH UNIT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued March 22, 2007.

Decided May 1, 2007.

Law Offices of Louis D. Strober, Jr., LLC, Garden City (Louis D. Strober, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Corey E. Klein, Corporation Counsel, Long Beach, for respondent.

Judges GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and JONES concur with Judge PIGOTT; Chief Judge KAYE dissents in part and votes to modify in a separate opinion in which Judge CIPARICK concurs.

OPINION…