S07440 Summary:
| BILL NO | S07440 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A05671 |
| SPONSOR | HOYLMAN-SIGAL |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §7511, CPLR | |
| Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law. | |
S07440 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7440 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to vacat- ing arbitration awards on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of 2 section 7511 of the civil practice law and rules is amended and a new 3 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows: 4 (iv) failure to follow the procedure of this article, unless the party 5 applying to vacate the award continued with the arbitration with notice 6 of the defect and without objection[.]; or 7 (v) the arbitrator evidenced a manifest disregard of the law in 8 rendering the award. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07903-01-5