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 arbitration proceeding upon application of a party made within one year after its delivery to the party, unless an application to vacate or modify the award upon a ground specified in section seventy-five hundred eleven of this article is made within ninety days after the delivery of the award to the party seeking to modify or vacate.

(b) This section shall only apply to awards from an arbitration between a public employer and an employee of the public employer.

(c) For the purposes of this section, "public employer" means (i) the state of New York, (ii) a county, city, town, village or any other political subdivision or civil division of the state, (iii) a school district or any governmental entity operating a public school, college or university, (iv) a public improvement or special district, (v) a public authority, commission, or public benefit corporation, (vi) any other public corporation, agency or instrumentality or unit of government which exercises governmental powers under the laws of the state, or (vii) in the case of a county sheriff's office in those counties where the office of sheriff is an elected position, both the county and the sheriff, shall be designated as a joint public employer for all purposes of this article.