Outcome
The appellate court reversed the lower court's stay of arbitration, holding that the grievance was arbitrable under the broad arbitration clause of the collective bargaining agreement and that the arbitrator, not the courts, should determine whether the NYCTA's statutory authority exempts the dispute from arbitration.
What This Ruling Means
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