Title 4 Part 208

Records available for public inspection and copying

The records of the board available for public inspection and copying, in accordance with the

procedures hereinafter set forth, are those described by section 87 of the Public Officers Law.

Designation of records access officer and appeals officer

this Part. The name, title, business address and business phone number of such designee will be

posted on the agency’s website.

Part. The name, title, business address and business phone number of such designee will be

posted on the agency’s website.

Procedures for inspection and copying of records

director at P.O. Box 2074 Empire State Plaza, Agency Building 2, 18th Floor, Albany, NY

12220-0074, or at such other address the board shall designate on the agency’s website, who will

make suitable arrangements for such inspection during regular office hours at the offices of the

board in Albany, New York City or Buffalo, unless the location of a particular record may

require its inspection at a particular office, in which case inspection shall occur at such office.

Office hours will be provided on the agency’s website.

Note: Most records of the board available for inspection may also be found in the published

volume entitled Official Decisions, Opinions and Related Matters of the Public Employment

Relations Board, sets of which are kept in various libraries, including the library of the Court of

Appeals, the four Appellate Divisions and the board’s libraries.

other than a member of a board panel, to whom one copy of a document may be given without

charge. The board will make every effort to comply with requests for such copies as

expeditiously as possible.

authorized by this section for any record or class of records.

Denials and appeals

requester of the right to appeal to the individual established to determine appeals, who shall be

identified by name, title, business address and business phone number.

a. The parties in a proceeding may order the transcript of a hearing from the stenographer at their cost. Provision shall be made in such circumstances to provide a copy to the board without cost. b. Where one of more parties do not order the transcript from the stenographer, the board shall order a copy of the transcript and shall pay the stenographer's cost. Any party wishing to thereafter obtain a copy from the board may request the same but, pursuant to section 302.2 of the State Administrative Procedure Act, shall reimburse the board for the cost for the preparation and furnishing of the transcript or the rate specified in the contract between the board and a contractor if prepared by a private contractor, that was paid by the board. c. Any transcript in the board's possession may be inspected at the offices of the board. d. Upon a showing of hardship by the requesting party, the transcript cost paid by the board may be waived. Forms for applying for a hardship waiver will be available on the board's website. A hardship waiver application will be decided by the deputy chair.