N.Y. CPLR § 7510-A

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 7510-A Confirmation of award for public sector arbitrations § 7510-a. Confirmation of award for public sector arbitrations. (a)The court shall confirm an award in a public sector arbitrationproceeding upon application of a party made within one year after itsdelivery to the party, unless an application to vacate or modify theaward upon a ground specified in section seventy-five hundred eleven ofthis article is made within ninety days after the delivery of the awardto the party seeking to modify or vacate.(b) This section shall only apply to awards from an arbitrationbetween a public employer and an employee of the public employer.(c) For the purposes of this section, "public employer" means (i) thestate of New York, (ii) a county, city, town, village or any otherpolitical subdivision or civil division of the state, (iii) a schooldistrict or any governmental entity operating a public school, collegeor university, (iv) a public improvement or special district, (v) apublic authority, commission, or public benefit corporation, (vi) anyother public corporation, agency or instrumentality or unit ofgovernment which exercises governmental powers under the laws of thestate, or (vii) in the case of a county sheriff's office in thosecounties where the office of sheriff is an elected position, both thecounty and the sheriff, shall be designated as a joint public employerfor all purposes of this article.