Case Name: In the Matter of the City of Yonkers, Respondent, v. Raymond Cassidy et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-04-27
Citations: 44 N.Y. 784
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the City of Yonkers, Respondent, v Raymond Cassidy et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 784–785

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the City of Yonkers, Respondent, v Raymond Cassidy et al., Appellants.
Argued March 28, 1978;
decided April 27, 1978
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
James M. Rose for appellants.
Eugene J. Fox, Corporation Counsel (Richard L. Steer of counsel), for respondent.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for New York State Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Appellants chose to litigate this dispute in a declaratory judgment action (39 NY2d 964). Having taken that course they waived the right to submit the question to arbitration (Matter of Zimmerman v Cohen, 236 NY 15; cf. Denihan v Denihan, 34 NY2d 307, 310; Hadjioannou v Avramides, 40 NY2d 929, 931; Validity & Enforceability of Provision for Binding Arbitration and Waiver Thereof, Ann., 24 ALR3d 1325).
Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur in memorandum.
Order affirmed.