In re the Arbitration between Buffalo Professional Firefighters Ass'n & Masiello

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John A. Michalek, J.), entered January 30, 2012 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75. The order, among other things, vacated an arbitration award.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the cross motion is denied, the motion is granted and the arbitration award is confirmed.

Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 seeking to confirm a compulsory public interest arbitration award (hereafter, Rinaldo II award) pursuant to Civil Service…