Opinion
Argued April 18, 2000.
June 5, 2000.
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Levitt, J.), dated April 15, 1999, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Louis J. Papa, Garden City, N.Y., for appellants.
Edna I. Robles, P.C., Ridgewood, N.Y., for respondents.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, SONDRA MILLER, ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
By participating in the arbitration proceeding instead of moving to temporarily stay it, the petitioner waived its right to seek a permanent stay of arbitration (see, CPLR 7503[b]; Matter of Carbone/Orrino Agency [Carbone], 210 A.D.2d 221, 222; Matter of Interboro Mut. Indem. Ins. Co. v. Betancourt, 187 A.D.2d 593; Simon-Equity Jefferson Val. Partnership v. AJC Contrs, 124 A.D.2d 579, 580).