New York A 5671: Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law

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A05671 Summary:

BILL NOA05671 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar (MS)

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COSPNSRDinowitz, Seawright, Steck, Taylor

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MLTSPNSRSimon

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Amd §7511, CPLR

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Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law.

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BILL NOA05671 

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02/19/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5671

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, STECK, TAYLOR --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred 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

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