Order affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements.
The arbitrator's bare statement, in his affirmation, that he has "inadvertently already pre-judged this case", is not an adequate basis for his recusal. An arbitrator may not avoid his sworn duty to make a just award absent an assertion that his alleged bias is based on anything other than his exposure to the facts of the case...
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