Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Falinski

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75, inter alia, to permanently stay arbitration, in which the respondent cross-petitioned to compel arbitration, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lefkowitz, J.), entered December 8, 2008, which denied the petition and, in effect, granted the cross petition and directed the parties to proceed to arbitration.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly upheld the arbitration clause contained in a certain settlement agreement between the parties. Although the instant dispute arose…