In presenting its case to arbitrator Martin Scheinman just before Thanksgiving, the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association argued the de Blasio administration was trying to force it to make greater concessions than other city unions as part of a deal to produce a total of $1 billion in savings to avert up to 22,000 layoffs.
As a counter, it contended that for several reasons, some plausible if not necessarily indisputable, that it should not have to provide as much in deferred wages and/or benefit-fund contributions.
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