Maanen v. N.Y. Univ.

167 N.Y.S.3d 398 (Mem)

Robert MAANEN etc., et al., Plaintiffs–Respondents,

v.NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Defendant–Appellant.

16072

Index No. 154902/19

Case No. 2020-03492

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

ENTERED June 2, 2022

DLA Piper LLP, (US), New York (Joseph A. Piesco, Jr. of counsel), for appellant.

Virginia & Ambinder, LLP, New York (James E. Murphy of counsel), for respondents.

Manzanet–Daniels, J.P., Kapnick, Shulman, Rodriguez, Higgitt, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered on or about July 14, 2020, which denied defendant New York University's motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly determined that the collective bargaining agreement between defendant and the named plaintiff's Union, Local 810, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, does not evidence a clear and unmistakable intent to defer the question of arbitrability to an arbitrator. Nor does the agreement demonstrate that the parties intended to arbitrate the claims of violation of wage provisions of the Labor Law asserted in the complaint (see Matter of Berger v. New York University, ––– A.D.3d ––––, 166 N.Y.S.3d 530, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 03313 [1st Dept. 2022] ; Hichez v. United Jewish Council of the E. Side,...