§ 643 — Collective negotiation

§ 643. Collective negotiation. 1. The city of New York collective\nbargaining law shall apply to the trust.\n 2. For the purpose of article fourteen of the civil service law and\nthe New York city collective bargaining law, as applicable, the trust,\nacting by and through its president, shall be deemed to be the public\nemployer and as such shall negotiate with and enter into written\nagreements with employee organizations representing the staff of the\ntrust that have been certified or recognized in accordance with\napplicable law. In carrying on such negotiations, the president of the\ntrust may consult with and seek assistance from the city office of labor\nrelations and NYCHA. The president of the trust shall consult with the\nappropriate public employee organization on the establishment of, and\nbargain all terms and conditions of, any new titles established for the\ntrust which have a community of interest with titles already represented\nby the public employee organization which presently has representation\nrights for those titles for NYCHA or for the city. Any such titles for\nwhich terms and conditions are bargained pursuant to this subdivision\nshall be deemed to be successor titles within the meaning of applicable\nlaw and, so long as the responsibilities of employees in these titles\nare reasonably related to the responsibilities of employees currently\nrepresented by a public employee organization, shall be accreted to the\nappropriate bargaining certificates for which such public employee\norganization shall be voluntarily recognized as the bargaining agent\nunder procedures acceptable to the office of collective bargaining.\n