IN RE: Iris WEINSHALL (2008)

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stallman, J.), entered October 17, 2006, confirming an arbitrator's reinstatement of respondent Lupo with compensation for the period since his termination of employment as a mate on the Staten Island Ferry, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

 “An arbitration award must be upheld when the arbitrator ‘offer[s] even a barely colorable justification for the outcome reached’ ” (Wien & Malkin LLP v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc., 6 N.Y.3d 471, 479, 813 N.Y.S.2d 691, 846 N.E.2d 1201 [2006], cert. dismissed 548 U.S. 940, 127 S.Ct. 342, 165 L.Ed.2d 1012 [2006] ). Clear evidence supports the arbitrator's decision.

 A public policy the violation of which warrants vacatur of an arbitration award must entail “strong and well-defined policy considerations embodied in constitutional, statutory or common law [that] prohibit a particular matter from being decided or certain relief from being granted by an arbitrator” (Matter of New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Assn. v. State of New York, 94 N.Y.2d 321, 327, 704 N.Y.S.2d 910, 726 N.E.2d 462 [1999] ).   Based on the practices in effect at the time, and the lack of clarity or training in connection with the directive in question, the IAS court properly confirmed the arbitrator's award.

We have considered petitioners' remaining arguments and find them unavailing.