Stark v. Molod Spitz DeSantis & Stark, P.C.

Nardelli, J.P.

dissents in part in a memorandum as follows: I respectfully dissent and, although I concur with the majority that the first, third and fourth causes of action should be reinstated, I find that the motion court properly granted that branch of defendants’ motion which sought to compel arbitration and denied plaintiffs cross motion to stay arbitration.

It has long been settled that New York State public policy favors the enforcement of arbitration agreements (Matter of Weinrott [Carp], 32 NY2d 190, 199 [1973]; Matter of Smith Barney Shearson v Sacharow, 91 NY2d 39, 49 [1997]), for…