Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
We reject the appellant's contention that the arbitration award should have been vacated based on the appearance of partiality of the arbitrator. It is well settled that mere occasional associations between an arbitrator and those appearing before him generally will not warrant disqualification of the arbitrator on the ground of the appearance of bias or partiality (see, Matter of Siegel [Lewis],
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