N.Y. Civil Service Law § 75-a: Civil service proceeding; commencement upon alleged violation of certain provisions of the labor law relating to police officers

§ 75-a. Civil service proceeding; commencement upon alleged violation

of certain provisions of the labor law relating to police officers. 1.

Any police officer alleging a violation of section two hundred fifteen-a

of the labor law may institute a proceeding pursuant to the provisions

of his collective bargaining agreement. If no such agreement exists a

complaint may be filed by a police officer with the state or a municipal

civil service commission alleging a violation of section two hundred

fifteen-a of the labor law; as a condition of entertaining such

complaint the commission may require a police officer to exhaust all

remedies available to such employee pursuant to the provisions of a

collective bargaining agreement and the rules and regulations of the

employer. Upon the filing of such complaint or upon its own initiative

the commission having jurisdiction may investigate and upon finding an

improper transfer or other penalty in violation of such section, enforce

the provisions of such section. The commission may exercise any powers

heretofore granted to it by provision of this chapter or by any other

provision of law necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of

section two hundred fifteen-a of the labor law.

2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate, impair,

alter, or in any way modify any right of action in law that an employee,

alleged to have been penalized, may have.