Opinion
April 20, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Kohn, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Although the agreement entered into by the parties violated the provisions of General Business Law § 771 requiring, inter alia, that all home improvement general contracts involving an aggregate price in excess of $500 be set forth in a signed writing, the arbitration award allowing the petitioner a recovery in quantum meruit did not violate public policy (see, CPLR 7511 [b] [1]; Matter of Board of Educ. v Arlington Teachers Assn., 78 N.Y.2d 33; Matter of Frank v McKenna Dev. Group, 154 A.D.2d 674), since there was no dispute as to the existence of a contract between the parties (see, Cohon Co. v Russell, 23 N.Y.2d 569). Harwood, J.P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Copertino, JJ., concur.