Opinion
No. 4430.
March 3, 2011.
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, J.), entered February 5, 2010, which, in a proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 75, denied the petition seeking to vacate an arbitration/appraisal award and granted respondents' cross motion to confirm the award, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP, New York (Kevin J. Nash of counsel), for appellant.
Rosenberg Estis, P.C., New York (Jeffrey Turkel of counsel), for respondents.
Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Acosta, DeGrasse, Richter and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.
There is no basis to disturb the award. The appraisal was made pursuant to the procedure set forth in the parties' lease. The appraisers averred that they complied with the Court of Appeals' order that the net lease must be taken into account when valuing the demised premises ( see 936 Second Ave. L.P. v Second Corporate Dev. Co., Inc., 10 NY3d 628). The motion court properly determined that there was no evidence of fraud, bias or bad faith in the appraisal process. Nor was the award irrational. Absent such evidence, "the appraisal should stand" ( Rice v Ritz Assoc., 88 AD2d 513, 514, aff'd 58 NY2d 923).