Opinion
August 3, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Hillery, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the Supreme Court's determination that the arbitration clause of the collective bargaining agreement in question is broad enough to encompass the parties' dispute. Any ambiguity as to whether the employee who is the subject of the dispute is covered by the collective bargaining agreement is a matter of contract interpretation for the arbitrator to resolve ( see, Matter of Board of Coop. Educ. Servs. v. BOCES III Faculty Assn., 168 A.D.2d 616; Matter of Sachem Cent. School Dist. [Sachem Cent. Teachers Assn.], 156 A.D.2d 568; Matter of Board of Educ. v. North Babylon Teachers' Org., 121 A.D.2d 628).
The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.
Ritter, J. P., Santucci, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.