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THE CITY OF ROCHESTER LOCAL LAW WHICH PURPORTED TO TRANSFER THE POWER TO DISCIPLINE POLICE OFFICERS TO THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD (PAB) IS INVALID AND CANNOT BE ENFORCED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice NeMoyer, determined the City of Rochester Local Law which transferred the power to discipline police officers from the police chief to the Police Accountability Board (PAB) is invalid and cannot be enforced:

… [t]he challenged Local Law No. 2 necessarily falls insofar as it takes police discipline out of collective bargaining because, in that respect, it conflicts with the general law mandating collective bargaining over police discipline (see Civil Service Law § 204 [2] … ). As the Court of Appeals has explained, “a local law is inconsistent [with the general law] where local laws prohibit what would be permissible under State law”… , and by creating a permanent administrative apparatus for disciplining police officers that is impervious to alteration or modification at the bargaining table, Local Law No. 2 necessarily and structurally prohibits something that … is statutorily mandated for the City of Rochester: collective bargaining of police discipline. The court therefore properly invalidated Local Law No. 2 insofar as it imbues PAB with disciplinary authority over Rochester police officers without regard to collective bargaining. Matter of Rochester Police Locust Club, Inc. v City of Rochester, 2021 NY Slip Op 03787, Fourth Dept 6-11-21

 

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