NY S00698

Adds four upstate transportation authorities to the binding arbitration process for unresolved collective bargaining disputes: Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority, Capital District Transportation Authority, and Central New York Regional Transportation Authority.

Requires disputes involving these upstate authorities and their certified employee organizations to be referred to a public arbitration panel consisting of one employer-appointed member, one union-appointed member, and one public member selected jointly within ten days.

If either party fails to designate its panel member within seven days, the state board shall designate a member associated with that party.

Each party bears the cost of its own panel member and shares equally the cost of the neutral public member, who serves as chairman.

The amendments expire when the existing subdivision expires, maintaining the temporary nature of the current arbitration provision.