NY S07914

Amends Civil Service Law Section 209 to include four upstate transportation authorities in the mandatory 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.

Establishes a public arbitration panel consisting of three members—one appointed by the public employer, one by the employee organization, and one public member jointly selected within ten days—to resolve disputes when voluntary negotiation fails.

Requires each party to bear the cost of its appointed panelist and share equally the cost of the neutral public member, with panel selection completed through alternating strikes from a board-submitted list if parties cannot agree.

Makes the public member the panel chairman and applies the same dispute resolution procedures previously used for New York City Transit Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority labor negotiations.

Takes effect immediately but expires with the underlying subdivision it amends.