N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1739: Collective negotiation

§ 1739. Collective negotiation. 1. For the purpose of article fourteen

of the civil service law, the authority shall be deemed to be the public

employer and as such shall negotiate with and enter into written

agreements with employee organizations representing the staff of the

authority that have been certified or recognized under such article. In

carrying on such negotiations, the authority shall consult with and seek

assistance from the office of labor relations and collective bargaining

of the city board and the New York city office of municipal labor

relations. The state public employment relations board shall have

exclusive jurisdiction for the purpose of administering the provisions

of such article and the provisions of section two hundred twelve of such

article shall not be applicable to any such negotiations.

2. Employees transferred from the city board to the authority shall be

included in an appropriate employer-employee negotiating unit pursuant

to article fourteen of the civil service law except for those employees

who are designated managerial or confidential. With respect to such

employees, the existing public employee organization recognized or

certified to represent the employees of the existing negotiating unit

shall be recognized as the representative for the negotiating unit of

the authority.

3. Future alterations of the negotiating unit shall be made pursuant

to article fourteen of the civil service law.

4. a. The authority shall consult with the appropriate public employee

organization on the establishment of, and bargain all terms and

conditions of, any new titles it establishes which have a community of

interest with titles already represented by the public employee

organization which presently has representation rights for those titles

at the city board or at the city of New York.

b. Any such titles for which terms and conditions are bargained

pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision shall be deemed to be

successor titles within the meaning of applicable law and, so long as

the responsibilities of employees in these titles are reasonably related

to the responsibilities of employees currently represented by a public

employee organization, shall be accreted to the appropriate bargaining

certificates for which such public employee organization shall be

voluntarily recognized as the bargaining agent under procedures

acceptable to the state public employment relations board.