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PBA Names Master Of 9/11 Victim Fund As Its Contract Arbitrator

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 4/9/18

The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, not even waiting for the state Public Employment Relations Board to approve its request for binding arbitration in its contract dispute with the de Blasio administration, April 4 announced that Kenneth Feinberg, best known as the Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, will be its representative if and when a panel is chosen.

Under PERB’s rules, PBA arbitrations, which have been conducted four times already since 2002, are handled by a tripartite panel: one member chosen by the union, one by the city, and the third, who serves as its chairman, by mutual consent of the two sides. This is the first time the PBA has chosen its representative before an arbitration was even ordered; on the other hand, Mr. Feinberg’s work on the VCF and other panels determining the compensation for victims of Agent Orange and state-sponsored terrorism has earned him greater public attention than the typical arbitrator.

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