N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 12 § 257.10

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 257.10 - Selection process

After receipt of a demand for arbitration or submission to arbitrate, the director of conciliation shall forward to the representatives named therein two copies of an identical panel list of seven arbitrators selected from the panel of arbitrators. A resume, including per diem fee, of each arbitrator on such panel list shall be provided for the parties' review. Each party shall have 10 days from date of the letter containing the panel list in which to select, rank and return their selections to the director of conciliation.

(a)Selection and preferential ranking.

Unless the parties have provided for their own method of selecting an arbitrator in their agreement to arbitrate, the following process for the selection of an arbitrator shall be employed: if more than four names on the panel list are acceptable, those names shall be ranked in order of the party's preference and the remaining name, if any, shall be stricken. Otherwise the party shall strike no more than three names from the panel list and indicate a preference among those names remaining by ranking them (1), (2), (3) and (4).

(b)Additional lists.

If a party determines that more than three names on a panel list are unacceptable, a request by such party for an additional panel list shall be filed with the director of conciliation within the 10-day time period established for selection and preferential ranking. A copy of such request shall be sent to the other party simultaneously. Each party shall have the right to request one additional list, and consequently, no party shall receive more than three panel lists. Pursuant to the selection process, if the parties fail to select an arbitrator after the submission of a third panel list, the director of conciliation shall take whatever steps are necessary to designate an arbitrator.

(c)Designation of the arbitrator.

(1) Timely receipt of selections. Upon timely receipt of each party's selections and consistent with their selected order of preference, the director of conciliation shall designate the arbitrator. If the designated arbitrator declines or is unable to serve, the director of conciliation shall reserve the right to designate an arbitrator without the submission of an additional panel list. In no case, however, will an arbitrator be designated whose name was stricken by either or both parties.

(2) Failure to timely return selections. If a party fails to timely return its selections to the director of conciliation, all names submitted in the panel list shall be deemed acceptable to such party and the designation of the arbitrator shall be made according to the preferences of the party whose selections have been timely received.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 § 257.10

Renumbered from 258.10 New York State Register February 15, 2023/Volume XLV, Issue 07, eff. 2/15/2023