Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs' motion was, in effect, an application to disqualify the arbitrator based on his having learned certain information which the plaintiffs believed would create a bias against them. Pending determination of the plaintiffs' motion, the Supreme Court stayed the arbitration proceeding. The Supreme Court had jurisdiction to rule on the application while the arbitration proceeding was pending (see,
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