N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 7510-a: Confirmation of award for public sector arbitrations

§ 7510-a. Confirmation of award for public sector arbitrations. (a)

The court shall confirm an award in a public sector arbitration

proceeding upon application of a party made within one year after its

delivery to the party, unless an application to vacate or modify the

award upon a ground specified in section seventy-five hundred eleven of

this article is made within ninety days after the delivery of the award

to the party seeking to modify or vacate.

(b) This section shall only apply to awards from an arbitration

between a public employer and an employee of the public employer.

(c) For the purposes of this section, "public employer" means (i) the

state of New York, (ii) a county, city, town, village or any other

political subdivision or civil division of the state, (iii) a school

district or any governmental entity operating a public school, college

or university, (iv) a public improvement or special district, (v) a

public authority, commission, or public benefit corporation, (vi) any

other public corporation, agency or instrumentality or unit of

government which exercises governmental powers under the laws of the

state, or (vii) in the case of a county sheriff's office in those

counties where the office of sheriff is an elected position, both the

county and the sheriff, shall be designated as a joint public employer

for all purposes of this article.