Buffalo Professional Firefighters Ass'n v. City of Buffalo

Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted respondent’s motion to vacate the arbitration award in favor of petitioner. An arbitration award shall be vacated upon the application of a party who participated in the arbitration where the rights of that party are prejudiced by an arbitrator who exceeded the authority granted to him or her under the applicable collective bargaining agreement (see CPLR 7511 [b] [1] [iii]; Matter of Buffalo Teachers Fedn., Inc. v Board of Educ. of City School Dist. of City of Buffalo, 50 AD3d 1503, 1506 [2008]; see also Matter of Buffalo Professional Firefighters…