§ 206 — Arbitration

New York § 206

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law UCT: Uniform City Court Act
• Art. 2: Jurisdiction

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§ 206. Arbitration.\n (a) Threshold questions under article seventy-five of the civil\npractice law and rules. If an action of which the court has jurisdiction\nhas been duly commenced therein, and there arise in such action any\nquestions relating to the arbitrability of the controversy, the court\nshall have jurisdiction completely to dispose of such questions and\narticle seventy-five of the civil practice law and rules shall be\napplicable thereto. But the court shall not have jurisdiction of the\nspecial proceeding, as set forth in subdivision (a) of section\nseventy-five hundred two of the civil practice law and rules, used to\nbring before a court the first application arising out of an arbitrable\ncontroversy, except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section.\n (b) Proceedings on award under article seventy-five of the civil\npractice law and rules. Where a controversy has been duly arbitrated and\nan award made therein is for relief which is within the court's\njurisdiction, the court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings under\nsections seventy-five hundred ten through seventy-five hundred fourteen\nof the civil practice law and rules, relating to judicial recognition of\nsuch awards, which provisions shall be applicable thereto.\n (c) Arbitration distinct from article seventy-five of the civil\npractice law and rules. The rules may provide systems of arbitration and\nconciliation of claims within the court's jurisdiction without reference\nto article seventy-five of the civil practice law and rules.\n