N.Y. CVP. LAW § 7601 : NY Code - Section 7601: Special proceeding to enforce agreement that issue or controversy be determined by a person named or to be selected

Search N.Y. CVP. LAW § 7601 : NY Code - Section 7601: Special proceeding to enforce agreement that issue or controversy be determined by a person named or to be selected

A special
  proceeding may be commenced to specifically enforce an agreement,  other
  than  one  contained in the standard fire insurance policy of the state,
  that a question of valuation, appraisal or other issue or controversy be
  determined by a person named or to be selected.  The court  may  enforce
  such  an agreement as if it were an arbitration agreement, in which case
  the  proceeding  shall  be  conducted  as  if  brought   under   article
  seventy-five.  Where there is a defense which would require dismissal of
  an  action  for  breach  of  the  agreement,  the  proceeding  shall  be
  dismissed.