Union Can't Pursue Lawsuit Over Allegedly Unsafe Work Environment

A New York appellate court threw out a union’s lawsuit contending the City of New York was failing to provide corrections officers with an adequately safe work environment. Case: Correction Officers' Benevolent Association Inc. v. City of New York, No. 24054/16E, 01/12/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: The Correction Officers' Benevolent Association Inc. filed a lawsuit seeking a judicial declaration that the City of New York has violated the New York State Public Employee Safety and Health Act and the Workplace Violence Prevention Law as a result of its failure to...