May v. State

Appeals from judgments in favor of claimants, entered February 10,1981, in each of the three actions, upon a decision of the Court of Claims (Murray, J.). In the three actions on appeal here, the same essential issue is raised, and the underlying facts are not in dispute. Between April 18,1979 and May 4,1979, State employees in the Security Services Unit engaged in a strike against the State. On July 2, 1979, Meyer S. Fracher, as Director of the New York State Office of Employee Relations, determined that *899the strike was illegal, it having been carried out in violation of the Taylor Law (see…