Modafferi v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to confirm an arbitration award dated September 21, 2010, Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Velasquez, J.), dated January 5, 2011, which granted the petition to confirm the award and denied its cross motion, inter alia, to vacate the award.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
“ ‘An arbitration award can be vacated by a court pursuant to CPLR 7511 (b) [(1) (in)] on only three narrow grounds: if it is clearly violative of a strong public policy, if it is totally…
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