In re the Arbitration between Maplewood-Colonie Common School District & Maplewood Teachers' Ass'n

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Kahn, J.), entered March 26,1981 in Albany County, which granted petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7503 to stay arbitration between the parties. In 1977, the Board of Trustees of the Maplewood-Colonie Common School District (school board) and the Maplewood Teachers’ Association (association) entered into a collective bargaining agreement effective until September 1, 1980. Section 25.3 of the contract provided that “If no Agreement is reached prior to September 1, 1980 then the existing Agreement is still valid and in…