Reed Elsevier Inc. v. Watch Holdings, LLC

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold B. *223Beeler, J.), entered April 13, 2005, awarding defendant the principal sum of $1,559,079.57 in past due rent, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Appeals from orders, same court and Justice, entered April 8 and 11, 2005, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.

The court properly dismissed the tenant’s complaint since the lease required arbitration of the dispute over defendant owner’s right to payments under an escalator clause in the lease. Contrary to plaintiff’s contention, the instant arbitration…