Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 11, 2007 (In re the Arbitration between Stantec Consulting Group & Fonda-Fultonville Central School District)

Crew III, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Catena, J.), entered June 12, 2006 in Montgomery County, which denied petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7503 to stay arbitration between the parties.

The parties entered into a contract in 1997 whereby petitioner was to provide architectural services to respondent in connection with the construction of an elementary school.