City of New York v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (James Yates, J.), entered April 4, 2001, which denied the petition brought pursuant to CPLR articles 75 and 78 to annul a determination of respondent Board of Collective Bargaining of the City of New York requiring petitioners to arbitrate the grievances of respondent union, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent Board did not exceed its authority or act in an arbitrary or capricious manner in determining that the petitioner and respondent union were required to arbitrate the very issue specified in their “side letter” to a memorandum of…