The IAS Court properly denied the petition to confirm an arbitration award because the arbitrators' misconduct prejudiced respondent's rights (CPLR 7511 [b] [1]). Although the decision to grant or deny adjournments is generally within the arbitrators' discretion (CPLR 7506 [b]; New York Stock Exchange rule 617) the arbitrators' abuse of that discretion in this case amounted to prejudicial misconduct (Harwyn Luggage v Henry Rosenfeld, Inc.,
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