Closing arguments in the arbitration case involving a new contract for the Police Benevolent Association were scheduled to be made Jan. 11 and 12, but Labor Commissioner Renee Campion told us prior to those sessions that longer-than-expected presentations on earlier dates pushed back the city's rebuttal of the union's case, which would be conducted on those dates.
As a result, both sides' final arguments were put off to dates that had not yet been scheduled. Since it typically takes about six months from the time those arguments conclude until a decision is reached, it's possible the three-man arbitration panel's award won't come until after Aug. 1, which would be the fifth anniversary of the expiration of the current police-union contract.
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