County of Nassau v. Civil Service Employees Ass'n

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of a grievance purportedly arising out of a collective bargaining agreement, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (DiNoto, J.), dated May 19, 1998, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is granted, and the arbitration is permanently stayed.

Although the respondent’s grievance and demand for arbitration were couched in terms of violations of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement, an…