In re the Arbitration between 70 East 10th Street Corp. & Stewart Tenants Corp.

William C. Heoht, Jr., J.

This is a motion to stay arbitration upon the grounds that there is no contract between the petitioner and respondent to arbitrate; there is no agreement to arbitrate before the American Arbitration Association; and certain of the claims detailed are arbitrable, if at all, before an independent arbitrator appointed by the president of the Real Estate Board of the City of New York.

The petitioner, 70 East 10th St. Corp. (70 East), and Stewart Tenants Corp. entered into an agreement dated September 1, 1959, under which 70 East agreed to complete a certain apartment…