In re Dutchess Community College

In a proceeding to stay arbitration, petitioners appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, dated March 1, 1976, which denied their motion to stay arbitration and granted respondent’s cross motion, inter alia, to disqualify the architect as the arbitrator. Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and proceeding remitted to Special Term for a hearing and a new determination of the motion and cross motion in accordance herewith. Paragraph C.03.02 (a) of the general conditions of the construction contract provides that “all questions or disputes relating to the execution…