Matter of New York City Tr. Auth. v. Eke

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to vacate an arbitration award, the New York City Transit Authority appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Partnow, J.), dated June 4, 2013, as denied the petition and granted that branch of Millicent Eke’s cross petition which was to confirm the arbitration award.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Where, as here, review is sought of a compulsory arbitration award, the standard of review calls for a “closer judicial scrutiny of the arbitrator’s…