New York Court of Appeals, 1981

Board of Education v. West Babylon Teachers Ass'n

New York Court of Appeals · Decided February 19, 1981

52 N.Y.2d 1002; 420 N.E.2d 89; 438 N.Y.S.2d 291; 1981 N.Y. LEXIS 2236

Cases that cite this one

10 later published cases cite this decision.

Pocantico Hills Central School District v. Pocantico Hills Teachers Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
In re the Arbitration between Board of Education & Kmack (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
In re the Arbitration between Board of Education of the Ramapo Central School District & Ramapo Teacher's Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
Board of Education of Greenburgh No. 11 Union Free School District v. Greenburgh No. 11 Federation of Teachers (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1991)
In re the Arbitration between Clarkstown Central School District & Cacciola (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1990)
County of Rockland v. Rockland County Unit (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
Board of Education of the Elwood Union Free School District v. Elwood Teachers' Alliance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1983)
Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County v. Central Council of Teachers (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1983)
County of Albany v. AFSCME, N. Y. Council 82, Albany County Local 775 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1982)
In re the Arbitration between Nyack Board of Education & Nyack Teachers Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1981)

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Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The arbitration provisions of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement are sufficiently broad and unambiguous to encompass the instant grievances. In addition, such arbitration would violate no strong public policy of this State. In public sector labor arbitration, a stay is proper only where the disputed issue falls outside the contract’s arbitration provisions or where arbitration would violate public policy. It is for the arbitrator to interpret the substantive *1004provisions of the contract (Board of Educ. v Barni, 49 NY 2d 311; Matter of Wyandanch Union Free School Dist. v Wyandanch Teachers Assn., 48 NY2d 669). The arbitration here, therefore, should not have been stayed.

Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.

Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

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