Civil Service Employees Ass'n v. State

—White, J.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Public Employment Relations Board which denied petitioner’s request to reopen an improper practice charge.

Following past practice, John Finster, an employee of Erie County, requested compensatory time for the 3.25 hours he spent traveling between his home and the site of a business meeting on June 26, 1991. When his request was denied, Finster filed a grievance pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement…