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| 1 | 1 | <STYLE><!--U {color: Green}S {color: RED} I {color: DARKBLUE; background-color:yellow} P.brk {page-break-before:always}--></STYLE> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <PRE WIDTH="94"> <FONT SIZE=5><B> STATE OF NEW YORK</B></FONT> ________________________________________________________________________ 7440 2025-2026 Regular Sessions <FONT SIZE=5><B> IN SENATE</B></FONT> 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 <B><U>The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-</U></B> <B><U>bly, do enact as follows:</U></B> 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[<B><S>.</S></B>]<B><U>; or</U></B> 7 <B><U>(v) the arbitrator evidenced a manifest disregard of the law in</U></B> 8 <B><U>rendering the award.</U></B> 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in <B><U>italics</U></B> (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [<B><S> </S></B>] is old law to be omitted. LBD07903-01-5 |