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PBA Arbitration Case Now Scheduled For A Nov. 30 Opening

By RICHARD STEIER 
Posted 7/8/21

A contract arbitration to replace a Police Benevolent Association pact that expired nearly four years ago is set to begin Nov. 30 and run through Jan. 12 after being delayed first by a serious illness suffered by the original mediator just before the process was to begin 18 months ago, and then by the coronavirus.

There are two uncertainties lingering even as both sides hope that the third time's a charm for finally settling the long-running dispute, which the state Public Employment Relations Board deemed was at an impasse in November 2017, less than four months after the Aug. 1 expiration date of the pact that continues in effect.

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